As Covid Rates across the region continue to skyrocket the Avalon Foundation and Choptank Community Health have partnered together again to connect the community with valuable, local answers about Covid-19.
Capitalizing upon the Avalon Foundation’s expertise in video production and
communications and using Choptank Community Health’s medical resources, the organizations have been producing two video Question and Answer sessions a week to inform the local community. The short 2 to 5 minute videos titled “COVID Answers with Choptank Community Health” have been running online at 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
All episodes of “COVID Answers with Choptank Community Health” are available on the Choptank Community Health and Avalon Theatre Facebook pages, on YouTube youtube.com/MidshoreCommunityTelevision and will be reported in The Spy.
The program features Choptank Community Health’s Senior Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Megan Wojtko, CRNP. Megan has a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Salisbury University and a Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner from Duke University.
“We’re grateful to partner with the Avalon in reaching out with this messaging to our communities,” said Choptank Community Health System CEO Sara Rich. “As our Chief Clinical Officer overseeing our primary patient care and leading our ongoing clinical COVID response, Megan understands patient concerns and can share her medical knowledge on this platform to help us all navigate towards a healthy future.”
“We recognize that the medical system is currently stretched and that getting access from our providers is not as easy as we would like it to be. Our goal is to ask Megan the kinds of questions that we all wish we could ask our primary care providers right now.” said Jessica Bellis, Chief Operating & Finance Officer for the Avalon Foundation, Inc. “There is so much anxiety out there, people are wondering…What do we do if we test positive? Do I have to quarantine if my child has COVID? What supplies should I have on hand? How reliable are the at home tests? We hope we can work on these questions and answers together and share this info with the broader community.”
“We were proud of the work that we did with Choptank Community Health last year to aid in
equitable vaccine access and distribution at the Multicultural Festival and Fourth of July. We are pleased to act as a community resource with them once again as the pandemic reaches a new phase.” concluded Ms. Bellis from the Avalon Foundation.
Choptank Community Health System provides medical and dental services in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties, with a mission to provide access to exceptional, comprehensive, and integrated healthcare for all. Choptank Community Health’s medical services include primary healthcare, women’s health, pediatrics, behavioral health, chronic health management, and care navigation, with new medical patients now being accepted. More information is at www.choptankhealth.org.