August 17, 2020 - McKesson Corporation announced it will expand its existing partnership with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to support the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed (OWS) team as a centralized distributor of future COVID-19 vaccines and ancillary supplies needed to administer vaccinations. Vaccines and related supplies will be delivered to point-of-care … [Read more...]
Hospitals scrambling with new national COVID-19 data reporting system
July 23, 2020 - Hospitals and states are scrambling to adopt a new national COVID-19 data reporting system hastily implemented by the Trump administration last week that has left some, mostly rural, states in the dark about the severity of their own coronavirus outbreaks. The White House last week abruptly instructed all hospitals to stop reporting their COVID-19 data to the … [Read more...]
White House to eliminate CDC as COVID data recipient, replace with National Guard
The Trump administration is asking state governors to consider sending the National Guard to hospitals to help improve data collection about novel coronavirus patients, supplies and capacity The move is part of a new data reporting protocol for hospitals that eliminates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Atlanta, GA) as a recipient of that information. “In … [Read more...]
Premier Inc releases statement on CDC Director Testimony before the House Appropriations Committee Regarding Contact Tracing
“Premier agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director on the need to have contact tracers across the country to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Instead of creating a new set of government employees, state and local health departments should invest in hospitals and health systems across the country, many of which have had to furlough or lay off … [Read more...]