BookJane partners to support Peel’s vaccine clinics
March 3, 2021
TORONTO – BookJane, a technology platform that helps long term care (LTC) and senior living facilities find, schedule and communicate with staff, has partnered with the Region of Peel to support the region’s COVID-19 vaccination program. BookJane is responding to the Region of Peel’s urgent need for healthcare workers by providing its technology platform to quickly mobilize and deploy clinicians to the region’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
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