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Project Firstline | Center
A national training collaborative that aims to provide every person working in a U.S. healthcare facility the foundation for infection control to protect the nation from infectious disease threats, such as COVID-19.
AHA Digital Pulse
This new benefit for AHA members will make it easier for you to monitor your performance over time and connect with others. Take your assessment and join the growing digital health community.
Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Waivers Should Be Extended, Made Permanent or Enacted to Improve Patient Care
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government moved quickly to ensure hospitals and health systems were able to respond efficiently and effectively to a wave of unprecedented need.
Fact Sheet: Extending the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program Beyond the End of the COVID-19 PHE
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to extend the H@H program as currently authorized under the waiver to allow providers to continue to take steps to transform care delivery in a way that improves patient experience and outcomes while ensuring high patient safety. The Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (S. 3792, H.R. 7053), bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Carper (D-DE) and Scott (R-SC) and Congressmen Blumenauer (D-OR) and Wenstrup (R-OH), would provide a two-year extension of the current H@H waiver.
COVID-19 Communications Resources
As the coronavirus continues to unfold, hospitals and health systems are scrambling to develop, execute and adjust their communications plans. AHA offers tools and resources to help the field communicate efficiently and effectively during this pandemic.
Stay Healthy: Don’t delay care
As the U.S. continues its COVID-19 fight, the need for safe medical care unrelated to the pandemic is more important than ever.
Fact Sheet: Legislation to Protect Health Care Providers Serving on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Prevailing in the nation’s fight against COVID-19 requires the undivided focus and full deployment of health care facilities and professionals serving on the front lines of the pandemic across the country.
Fact Sheet: OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Proposals
The Biden Administration recently released a series of Executive Orders (EOs) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. One EO includes provisions for the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider whether an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), including with respect to mask wearing, is necessary, and, if so, to issue an ETS by March 15. Proposals to include a congressional requirement for OSHA to promulgate an ETS also are being considered as part of negotiations on the next COVID-19 relief package.
Fact Sheet: More Funding Needed for the Provider Relief Fund
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in historic challenges for hospitals and health systems and the communities they serve. The surging number of cases and hospitalization rates have directly impacted the U.S. health care system and its ability to continue to provide access to care.
COVID-19 Treatments/Therapeutics
This snapshot provides an overview of three treatments including Veklury (remdesivir), Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab, and Regeneron’s antibody cocktail.