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That is the idea of community clinics like this one put together by the church, the City of Hyattsville, and Doctor’s Community Hospital. Deneen Richmond, President of Doctors Hospital says, “Having vaccines more accessible to people where they live, its removing one additional barrier.”

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH) nurse Natasha Ramirez Farr, RN, BSN, BM, and her band, Vagabond Motel, recorded the song, "Not Broken." The song chronicles the early frightening and exhausting days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the resilience and adaptiveness of the essential workforce and the hope that a vaccine has provided. It also serves as a tribute to people who sacrificed and risked so much and to the survivors of COVID-19.

University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center announced Kathleen McCollum will helm the Glen Burnie hospital beginning April 5. McCollum will replace Dr. Neel Vibhakar, who served as the hospital’s interim chief executive officer after previous CEO Karen Olscamp retired in January. She is an Anne Arundel resident. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Doctors at Anne Arundel Medical Center performed a catheterization exam, weaving a thin tube from an artery in his wrist through his heart’s coronary arteries. The results were a stunning diagnosis for Charles Benil: all five arteries in his heart were partially obstructed, and two arteries were severely blocked. Having to suddenly go through a major surgery and be away from his wife was too much for Benil. He opted to get his surgery in Annapolis with the hospital’s new cardiothoracic surgeon and program director Dr. Daniel Lee.

"There are fewer and fewer resources to be able to provide this kind of care. So we developed a team last year in response to the governor's request for strike teams… and this team that's working with us is an outgrowth of that,” said LifeBridge Health Population Health Director Jonathan Eldridge, whose mobile unit came to Harlem Gardens to give Rankin and nearly 50 other elderly residents their first doses of the vaccine.

COVID-19 "long-haulers" could undergo a variety of treatments and therapies depending upon their symptoms, according to two Meritus Health practitioners. "It just kind of depends on what a person has been through," said Marissa Yoes, a speech and language pathologist. Yoes has worked with a patient suffering from so-called "brain fog" after a bout with COVID-19.

“We are honored that the Tate Cancer Center has been designated as NPF Center for treatment of pancreatic cancer,” said Dr. Neel Vibhakar, Chief Medical Officer and Interim President and CEO of UM BWMC. “This NPF Center designation underscores the high quality, innovative care that the Tate Cancer Center provides to our community.”

Dr. John Chessare, President/CEO of GBMC HealthCare, joins Sloane Brown to talk about his “positive” leadership style, and how that’s helped him and his organization stay on keel through the COVID crisis and a recent cyber attack. Chessare speaks about some of the challenges he and his staff have faced and some life lessons he continues to learn…despite those few inevitable “grumpy” days that come along.

On episode 7 of The Lobby, Nicole Stallings from the Maryland Hospital Association gives us the inside view of the year-long “grind” of front-line workers in the state, and how to best position themselves to help as they strive to protect health care heroes, advance telehealth, and address long-standing inequities.

Meritus Health in Washington County announced that it had moved its minimum wage to $15 per hour. “This is something that has been in the works for a while,” said Maulik Joshi, president and CEO of Meritus Health. “For us, investing in our workforce is a big deal.”