Working on behalf of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services we have established a large scale COVID-19 mobile testing capability. By August 2020 we had completed and resulted over 80,000 COVID-19 tests for residents and staff at more than 2,300 facilities across the Commonwealth. Working in partnerships with five test laboratories and multiple EMS Agencies across the state we have expanded capacity to be able to administer and result up to 20,000 tests daily.
Based upon latest state and CMS guidance long term care facilities are expected to test each new resident being admitted, 100% of their staff every week and all residents if anyone in a facility tests positive.
Across our database of over 80,000 COVID tests we have seen an overall positivity rate of 9% (31% for those with symptoms, 8% for those without). Over 95% of those we tested were asymptomatic and 90% of positives had no symptoms at time of test. This tells us that checking for employees exhibiting symptoms, while necessary, is not sufficient. The majority of transmission will come from the asymptomatic (or presymptomatic) which makes an ongoing facility COVID testing program absolutely essential to manage and contain the spread of the virus among some of our most vulnerable populations. Transformative Healthcare has the mobile testing capacity to meet all these requirements and design an efficient, onsite, weekly testing program that maximizes a nursing facility's ability to manage its workforce and minimize virus spread.
As part of the Massachusetts Stop-the-Spread campaign residents of assisted living, independent living and public housing complexes (along with any other local residents) should be eligible for free testing at the Stop-the-Spread walk-up/drive-through sites on the publicized testing days for each testing site. Towns and testing schedules are posted on the state stop-the-spread website. You can also see a full list of planned testing dates and locations here, check back often as scheduled test dates change often.
Facility sponsored testing can be requested by facility administrators using the form below Requests for resident and staff testing at any of the 2,400+ congregate living facilities in Massachusetts are processed through the state COVID-19 Command Center and performed by Transformative Healthcare's Mobile Testing Units.
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Transformative Healthcare is committed to delivering cost efficient, high quality patient outcomes by innovating how both patients and data move through the healthcare system. Transformative creates customized partnerships with healthcare providers that combine innovative patient logistics services and intelligent data analytics into programs that improve patient experience and outcomes while reducing the overall cost of healthcare. |
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