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By Elizabeth Bonin hen a covid-19 patient enters the hospital, the wheels start turning — medical assessments, plans for individual care, treatment protocols and staff assignments must be established and conducted.
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The public mostly understands area, where the determination is that, but what it does not realize is made whether the patient must be how many other wheels must turn admitted or can be treated at home. synchronously in the background in “During that process . . .a host of a complex covid response program administrative work that would inthat is as much clude creating an about information ‘All patients are taken care of regardless electronic health gathering as it is of ability to pay, but that information — record, insurabout patient care. ance verification, For patients re- there’s not a separate paper form that’s treatment ora part of our registration process.’ porting at Atlantic ders, physician General Hospital, orders, medicaMatt Morris the process starts tion orders … with a covid-19 screening for any per- Maybe the patient is eligible for the son entering the hospital. Patients new treatments that we have now,” must also start a registration. Morris said. Matt Morris, vice president of paAll treatment and care is docutient care, said that if the patient is mented into the patient’s electronic presenting covid-19 symptoms, he or health record. That record also goes she is taken to an isolation treatment See IN BACKGROUND Page 2
By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Dec. 4, 2020) Although Ocean City officials seem to be on board with extending the annual Ocean City BikeFest to a two-weekend affair, conflicting event dates and pop-up rally motorists will require more discussions with public safety departments before a deal can be struck. The motorcycle and music festival, produced by OC Jams, is slated for Sept. 15-19, 2021. On Tuesday, event promoter Chase Micheal asked for three things: first, the city would cover costs associated with leasing the inlet parking lot and the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street; second, a dollar-to-dollar match of up to $250,000 to be paid directly to the bands; and finally, a four-year commitment to those terms for an expanded event. “We understand what the ask is and it’s quite large, but as it is, it’s merely a fraction of what we spend just in booking the bands, let alone
the leasing of the venues, the production, the sound, the staging and everything that goes into that,” See BIKEFEST Page 4
Balance of CARES Act funds goes to Worcester fire depts. By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Dec. 4, 2020) The last of Worcester County’s CARES Act money is about to head out the door and into the hands of the county’s fire companies, which were designated by the county commissioners Tuesday as the recipients of the $30,000-plus
balance left in a fund that began with $4.5 million. The county was allocated that amount under the federal act, and distributed it as a library grant and a Community Development Block Grant, as well as to municipalities, economic development, restaurants, See COUNTY Page 3