Two MA vaccine scheduling alternatives to the State option

 

"THANKS TO THE  ingenuity of a software developer on maternity leave, the state may be improving its public website for scheduling COVID-19 vaccines.

Olivia Adams, 28, developed her own website, which assembles vaccine appointment slots from multiple sources into a single, one-click spot where people 75 and over can sign up to get the shot.

“My mother-in-law was having trouble booking an appointment for her vaccine, and then had the same trouble when she was trying to get her father vaccinated,” wrote Adams on her website. “I kept hearing the same frustrations over and over – from family, from friends, and on the news. The sign-up process was too confusing, too disjointed.”

As an Athenahealth software developer on leave, she had the skills to try to resolve the issue, so she launched a free, user-friendly site on February 5."

Continue reading the article online 

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/health-care/website-developer-helps-people-find-vaccination-appointments/ 

Boston Globe coverage of the website

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02/05/business/this-software-developer-is-building-better-website-find-vaccination-slots-than-state/

1 - Go directly to the website to schedule an appointment if you are in the phase of qualifications  https://www.macovidvaccines.com/

An alternative to make an appointment has also come up from another set of developers  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/another-coder-has-built-a-covid-vaccine-appointment-website-for-mass-residents/ar-BB1dvQ9L

2 - Go directly to this site =>  https://vaccinatema.com/

Two MA vaccine scheduling alternatives to the State option