APPENDIX E – IMPACT EVALUATION
APPENDIX E – IMPACT EVALUATION ChristianaCare abides by the ChristianaCare Way: We serve our neighbors as respectful, expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. ChristianaCare is guided by its commitment to partnering with our neighbors to better understand their needs and goals for health.
Impacts of COVID-19 In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and our focus, across the system, was an all-out response to support testing and expert-informed care to ensure all aspects of patient safety were addressed. ChristianaCare was a regional leader with our pandemic response, especially with the introduction of COVID-19 vaccinations. Between January 16 and June 11, 2021, ChristianaCare held 28 vaccination events at its Newark Campus and administrative location in Wilmington, Avenue North. A total of 22,362 first and second doses were provided to community members. ChristianaCare’s Office of Health Equity also organized eight first and second dose vaccination events in community locations throughout New Castle County between February and June 2021. At these events, 2,810 1st doses and 2,616 2nd doses were provided. Individuals who received a 1st dose were invited back to the same location to receive their second dose. These individuals received reminders to get their second dose as well. In December 2020, ChristianaCare was also able to begin providing monoclonal antibody treatments to individuals to ensure they do not face severe illness or hospitalization due to COVID-19. To date, 2,395 individuals have received this treatment since it was first offered at ChristianaCare. To ensure that transportation barriers would not prevent someone from receiving this life-saving treatment, ChristianaCare’s Center for Virtual Health and Community Health Department worked together to create a pipeline to provide transportation for those receiving these treatments. Before the vaccines and treatments were available, ChristianaCare also worked to ensure it served the community with COVID-19 testing. Between March 13th and June 3rd, 2020, ChristianaCare organized and carried out 16 mobile testing events throughout New Castle County and one testing event was also held in neighboring Cecil County, Maryland. At a time when testing was difficult to obtain, 3,526 individuals were able to be tested at these events. ChristianaCare ended its mobile testing initiative once the state and county were able to provide routine testing within our communities. ChristianaCare also collaborated with the Latin American Community Center (LACC) and Kingswood Community Center (KCC) to offer COVID-19 testing centrally located in Wilmington in historically underserved minority communities. Testing began in April 2020 at both LACC and KCC and it continued at LACC until April 2021, at which time the LACC resumed its own programming in that space. During the period from July 2020 to April 2021, ChristianaCare saw 497 patients at the LACC testing site. COVID-19 testing continues to be offered at the Kingswood Community Center, but within a newly developed primary care practice that began operating in April 2021.
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