COVID-19 Population Update (all data as of 2/17): • Number of admitted MMC COVID-19 positive patients – 17 • Number of Maine positive cases (CDC) – 42,872 Care Team Vaccination Progress | MMC Care Team 1st Vaccine Received – 80.8% MMC Care Team 2nd Dose Received – 76.3% |
You Are Making a Difference! | Total COVID-19 Discharges: 516 | COVID-19 Discharges Since Last Update: 10 Thank you for all you do. |
N95 Masks: No Counterfeits at MaineHealth; Collection Continues We continue to adequately source our supply of N95 masks for care team members. Thank you to everyone for using this important resource safely and as intended. Recent news coverage has reported that the state of Maine acquired 2 million counterfeit N95 masks that were distributed and are now being recalled. MaineHealth and Maine Medical Center did NOTreceive any of these counterfeit masks. All of our N95 masks were procured through established vendors and are approved by The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Additionally, we continue to ask that care teams collect used N95 masks for re-processing. Although recently the rates of COVID-19 illness in our community have been declining, as well as the patient census at MMC, we continue to believe it is prudent to create a stopgap inventory for the possibility of a severe shortage of this critical piece of personal protective equipment. To date, we have not distributed any reprocessed masks into our supply stream. If re-processed equipment needs to be re-used, we will provide additional details at that time. If you have questions, please speak with your local leader. Wellbeing Corner
A daily update from the COVID-19 Colleague Wellbeing Committee. Virtual Games: Social Necessity or Work Fun? Is social isolation getting tedious? Liven things up with gaming events on your smartphone or computer. Games are a great way to stay connected and have some fun. You can choose an untimed turn-by-turn game app on your smartphone with friends or family or choose to meet by Zoom on one device while playing a game on another. Many games allow you to create a private room and send invitations to specific people. The following games are free, unless there is a one-time charge listed after the game name. Take care to access them from home or your personal web connection. The Playing Cards site is much more than its name implies, offering old card game standards of crazy eights, 500 and hearts, along with checkers, backgammon, cribbage, dominoes and more. You and your friends might choose to relax and work on a private jigsaw puzzle that you build over time while talking or not. If you want more of challenge, you can set up a private game of the famous mystery-solving game Clue ($3.99), or learn a new game such as Quiplash ($9.99). Quiplash asks everyone to write down their funniest answer to a question or statement, each person then votes and the winner of the round is declared. Sample Quiplash questions are: · Something you’d be surprised to see a donkey do? · A double rainbow doesn’t have gold at the end of it. Instead, it has ______. · A better name for France? Skribbl is kind of like a combination of Pictionary and trivia, where you choose a word from the list provided and attempt to draw it - in 80 seconds. Everyone else has to guess what you’re drawing. Having a touch screen helps. If you’re an artist, this will be your time to shine! Happy playing!
ACA Special Enrollment Period Has Begun
The Special Enrollment Period for the Health Insurance Marketplace is Feb. 15 – May 15. This is a unique, extended opportunity to educate and encourage uninsured patients to get coverage. This is also an opportunity to review existing plans – you do not need a qualifying event (such as marriage, having a baby or loss of health insurance) to shop and enroll in a Marketplace Health Insurance Plan. Patients can contact the MaineHealth Access to Care Coverage Team for FREE assistance at 1-833-284-8816 or by email at getcoverage@mainehealth.org. Patients can also apply and enroll by calling the Health Insurance Marketplace at 1-800-318-2596 (24 hours/7 days) or go online at [healthcare.gov]healthcare.gov. MMC in the News Juan Palma, MD, director of living donation for the Maine Transplant Program, spoke to Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz about why altruistic donors make such a huge difference to those waiting for a kidney. | 
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