MMC COVID-19 Daily Update - December 31, 2020

 

December 31, 2020   MMC COVID-19 Daily Update is a M-F communication to all MMC and MMP colleagues containing information about our ongoing response. Distribution time is about 4 p.m. Non-COVID news of operational importance to the entire medical center may run in Monday’s Updates. The deadline for this news is the preceding Monday. Submissions for this newsletter made via this intake form.    Information Resources:   •         MaineHealth COVID-19 Intranet homepage •         MaineHealth COVID-19 Internet Website •         COVID-19 FAQs •         Employee Health Info Line   COVID-19 Population Update:   •         Number of admitted MMC COVID-19 positive patients – 42 •         Number of Maine positive cases (CDC) – 24,201   Care Team Vaccination Progress MMC vaccinations / percent vaccinated: 6,141 / 50% Vaccinations scheduled in the next 14 days: 3,917     You Are Making a Difference! Total COVID-19 Discharges: 357 COVID-19 Discharges Since Last Update: 4   Thank you for all you do.

COVID-19 News ·        MMC Vaccine Program Update, Clinic Reminders ·        Congratulations to our Nursing Excellence Award Winners! ·        Wellbeing Corner ·        COVID-19 Reminders COVID-19 News   MMC Vaccine Program Update, Clinic Reminders   MMC’s care team vaccination program continues to make progress. A total of 6,141 colleagues have now been vaccinated, or approximately 50 percent of all colleagues.   Yesterday, we emailed eligibility notification to our final group of eligible colleagues. As a reminder, this group includes administrative and off-site colleagues. Groups such as IT and MMCRI will receive vaccinations at 340 County Road in Westbrook. Others from MMC, NorDx and MH will be vaccinated at the Bramhall Dana Center.  The location will be displayed in the information sent by email and the confirmation information.    There is plenty of capacity today and we encourage individuals to schedule appointments as soon as possible. These time-limited clinics are currently set up for MaineHealth care team members only, so will be the most convenient opportunity for you to receive the vaccine. When the clinics are expanded to include patients in the near future, it may be much more difficult to obtain a convenient appointment.    Questions should be sent by email to mmccovidvaccine@mainehealth.org   Reminders for your vaccination appointment ·         Once you receive notification of eligibility please sign up for your clinic appointment without delay.  ·         If you can no longer make your appointment, please go back to your original confirmation email and click “edit my sign up.” From there you can delete or change an appointment. No shows prevent colleagues from receiving timely access to vaccination and create risk of wasting vaccine supplies. ·         If you missed your initial sign up window, you can email mmccovidvaccine@mainehealth.org to reset your scheduling window.  ·         Please download and complete the consent forms and other paperwork using the link in your confirmation notification before your appointment. This supports social distancing and efficiency. Thank you to all of our colleagues as we work to administer vaccines as safely, quickly and efficiently as possible.   Congratulations to our Nursing Excellence Award Winners!   Recently, MMC Chief Nursing Officer Devin Carr, RN, participated in unit-based celebrations of this year’s Nursing Excellence Awards. Typically, we would hold a large celebration in the Dana Center to acknowledge these extraordinary nurses and interprofessional teams. Instead, we invite you to share in your colleagues’ celebrations virtually.   You can view the individual Nursing Excellence Awards here. The video of the team awards can be found here.   Wellbeing Corner A daily update from the COVID-19 Colleague Wellbeing Committee.   Whether or not we believe in a deity, the motif of light (and darkness) is as old as humanity’s consciousness. We are wired to yearn for hope and move away from isolation, sorrow, grief, and despair.  All are a part of the great mysteries of life. Perhaps, during this season of the early darkness and long nights, we can connect with the humanity of old and re-cast why we celebrate Light: It is to bring hope and healing for all.   We wish all of our colleagues every happiness and a much brighter horizon in 2021.  The lyrics of this song from the 2020 MMC Remembrance Ceremony Choir resonate with that wish.     Happy New Year!   -------   Check out these great resources, for us by us: Join a virtual chat amongst MMC friends! Click here for more details & view schedule. You are amazing and appreciated! Kudos to you. Please visit www.mainehealth.org/kudos ·         Looking for something from a past issue of the Wellbeing Corner? Click here.

COVID-19 Reminders   COVID-19 Vaccination Update from Dec. 30   A message from Dora Anne Mills, MD, MaineHealth Chief Health Improvement Officer   Dear Colleagues,   We have been making good progress in vaccinating our care teams against COVID-19 over the past two weeks. To date we have vaccinated about 9,000 care team members across the health system and are better positioned each day to care for our patients and one another.   If you have already received or scheduled your vaccination – thank you!   If you have received an invitation but have not yet scheduled your COVID-19 vaccine, please do so today. These time-limited clinics are currently set up for MaineHealth care team members only, so will be the most convenient opportunity for you to receive the vaccine. When the clinics are expanded to include patients in the near future, it may be much more difficult to obtain a convenient appointment.    For helpful links to trusted sources of information about the safety and efficacy of the vaccines, please visit the COVID vaccine info page. If you have questions, email mmccovidvaccine@mainehealth.org.   Thank you for all you are doing to maintain our readiness to care for our patients and enhance the safety of our colleagues.   Sincerely, Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH, FAAP Chief Health Improvement Officer MaineHealth     New Year’s Day Updates   New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1, is a MMC holiday. As with all holidays, we recognize that some colleagues ringing in the new year by caring for our patients at work. We appreciate and celebrate your dedication as we embark on 2021 together.   The shuttle schedule will not change and employee parking will remain available in the Patient and Visitor lot and the South Lot from 6 – 7 a.m. daily this week.   The Impressions Café will be open for regular hours on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The Pavilion Grill and Lobby Kiosk will close at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31, and remain closed on Friday.   There will be no MMC COVID-19 Daily Update on Friday, Jan. 1. Happy New Year!   The COVID-19 Update is published by the Maine Medical Center Communications and Public Affairs team