Tag Archives: Health Care

COVID-19 vaccine trial begins at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Posted on September 17, 2020
COVID-19
UMSOM researchers are targeting people who have increased risk of exposure because of location or circumstance to see whether the vaccine protects them.
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The Daily Record: CareFirst to distribute care packages to COVID-19 vulnerable areas

Posted on August 26, 2020
To alleviate this concern, CareFirst will distribute over 100,000 care package items to its most vulnerable member populations.
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Ruth Williams-Brinkley named regional president of Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic region

Posted on August 4, 2020
Williams-Brinkley joins the Mid-Atlantic region from Kaiser Permanente Northwest, where she served as president since 2017. 
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GBC member companies recognized among the best hospitals in Maryland, across the country

Posted on July 28, 2020
Seven GBC member companies were recognized for being among the best hospitals in the state of Maryland. Two were recognized among the best in the country.
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The Daily Record: Kaiser Permanente awards $895K to improve community health

Posted on July 27, 2020
The 15 grants support programs that improve health and well-being throughout the region.
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University Of Maryland School Of Nursing faculty members awarded more than $5.4 Million in funding from National Institutes Of Health

Posted on July 10, 2020
The NEAT Study seeks to understand the transition from acute to chronic lower-back pain, which will enable researchers to identify biomarkers early in the transition period and to provide new therapeutic targets (e.g., newly identified signaling receptors that could be blocked in the central nervous system) at critical windows of...
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield establishes $5 Million Personal Protective Equipment initiative for Coronavirus relief

Posted on July 9, 2020
During the first wave of the initiative, close to 200 healthcare and social service organizations will be invited to receive CareFirst’s PPE.
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BD launches portable, rapid point-of-care antigen test to detect SARS-CoV-2

Posted on July 7, 2020
BD Veritor™ Plus System
The simple new assay leverages more than 25,000 BD Veritor™ instruments already used across the U.S. to immediately increase access to COVID-19 testing in frontline health care settings
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to provide premium credits and other financial benefits to customers and members

Posted on June 16, 2020
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) announced June 12 that it will provide premium credits to many fully insured customers as a result of treatment disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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