Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Within a Large Healthcare System: a Population Health Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic, and vaccine hesitancy, pose a significant public health threat. The Veterans Health Administration system is uniquely situated to provide insights into the implementation of a population health approach to vaccine acceptance.

Aim

We describe the VA Connecticut Healthcare System's (VACHS) quality improvement project to improve rates of vaccine uptake.

Setting and participants

VACHS consists of eight primary care sites with 80 primary care providers delivering care to 47,000 enrolled veterans.

Program description

Our program involved identification of a local champion, education sessions, development of vaccine acceptance tools (including the templated "COVID-19 Prevention Letter" and the "COVID-19 Prevention Telephone Note"), an

SUBMITTER: Spelman JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8757394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature