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Trinity Health is requiring COVID-19 vaccine for staff at all health care facilities
Read full article: Trinity Health is requiring COVID-19 vaccine for staff at all health care facilitiesTrinity Health announced Thursday it will require all colleagues, clinical staff, contractors, and those conducting business in its health care facilities be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor receives COVID-19 vaccines, begins vaccinations
Read full article: St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor receives COVID-19 vaccines, begins vaccinationsA healthcare worker at St. Joe's Ann Arbor holds up a sticker that says "I Got Vaccinated" as COVID-19 vaccinations get underway. ANN ARBOR – The first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at four hospitals within the Mercy Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System on Thursday, including St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland and Mercy Health Saint Mary’s in Grand Rapids and Mercy Health Muskegon. Mercy Health Muskegon received 1,950 doses while the other three hospitals received 975. All hospitals within Trinity Health Michigan have ultra-cold freezers capable of storing the vaccines. For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine, visit www.stjoeshealth.org/vaccine.
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Alonzo Lewis named new president of Saint Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, Livingston hospitals
Read full article: Alonzo Lewis named new president of Saint Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, Livingston hospitalsANN ARBOR, Mich. On Monday, the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System named Alonzo Lewis as the new president of St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor and St. Joseph Mercy Livingston hospitals. Saint Joseph Mercy is a division of Trinity Health. Lewis joined St. Joes in 2016. Having served in health systems operations since 1993, Lewis has worked for Trinity Health and Mercy Hospital in Detroit, among others. Related: Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital to pilot new two-year program using hands-on experiences, food education
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St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor treats COVID-19 patient with recovered individual’s donated plasma
Read full article: St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor treats COVID-19 patient with recovered individual’s donated plasmaANN ARBOR – Saint Joseph Mercy Health System has treated its first COVID-19 patient with plasma donated by a recovered individual at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor hospital. Eleven patients at St. Joe’s were among the first to be registered nationally for the trial. Along with St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, three other health system member hospitals are participating in the program, including St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, St. Mary Mercy Livonia and Mercy Health Muskegon. In addition to the Mayo Clinic’s convalescent plasma program, St. Joe’s Ann Arbor is also participating in Gilead’s Remdesivir Expanded Access Program. Similar to the plasma program, only patients with life-threatening symptoms who require ventilator support are eligible for the remdesivir program.