The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives in so many different ways. The lingering uncertainty, the toll on our well-being, and the way that we deliver health care is forever changed. As resourceful as nurse leaders are, we are not immune to the challenges posed by the pandemic. Our ability to innovate, mobilize, advise our communities and advocate for our staff has been remarkable. Since March, I have been privileged to witness firsthand the incredible collaboration and leadership of nurses across the country in response to this ongoing threat to our nation’s health.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications
Below are links to AHA resources developed in response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19). For all coronavirus resources and news updates, visit our COVID-19 page.
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“The pandemic is challenging us to design and deliver creative solutions to decreased availability of clinical settings yet still deliver effective education that meets professional standards and desirable learning outcomes,”
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, N.J., created a specialized COVID-19 Recovery Program to treat patients who continue to experience long-term symptoms post recovery.
To investigate the effectiveness for African American nurses of a leadership development collaboration between an urban baccalaureate nursing program and a large health care system, the authors of a qualitative analysis conducted in-depth interviews with 19 program participants.
As Florida’s population grew by 2.4 million over the last decade, the state’s per capita public health budget shrunk by 41%, fueling the surge of COVID-19, according to a recent article in Modern Healthcare.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the advanced practice leadership team at Emory Healthcare redeployed its nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to create alternative care models.
In a University of Utah Health podcast series, health care professionals talk candidly about their work — including moments of anguish and of joy — caring for patients during the pandemic.
Reports this week about three individuals reinfected with the coronavirus raised concerns about long-term immunity following COVID-19 and the potential effectiveness of vaccines against the disease.
In an Aug. 21 letter, AONL urged Congressional leaders to provide at least $6 million in fiscal year 2021 funding for the TSNRP
The absence of nursing representation on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and most state and local response teams underscores nurses’ frequent exclusion from decision-making tables write two UCLA nurses in a recent op-ed published by The Hill.
On behalf of the nation’s 340B hospitals, AHA, others urge HHS to protect vulnerable communities from actions taken by five of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers that undermine access to critical drugs and other health care services.
AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide additional flexibility regarding the agency’s new COVID-19 test documentation requirement for the diagnostic-related group (DRG) add-on payment.
Download this infographic to learn how the AHA is working to make sure hospitals and health systems on the front lines have the supplies and equipment they need.
In this podcast, AJ Rolle , Senior Program Manager at the AHA, moderates a discussion between Priya Bathija, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at the AHA, and Dr. Ali Raja, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, at Massachusetts General Hospital; and co-founder of GetUsPPE.
COVID-19 has made it clear that addressing health equity is necessary to improve health and save lives, and hospital and health system trustees need to lead and collaborate in these efforts.
Statement over the CMS interim final rule on data collection and Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs) from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack .
Nothing has tested health care providers’ mettle to be more nimble, efficient and responsive than COVID-19. And now, with the future anything but clear, strategic thinkers, consultants and tech gurus have begun to reimagine the field’s future and what opportunities lie ahead.
To ensure that health care organizations, physicians and nurses remain prepared to meet these demands to care for patients who undergo recommended essential operations, the AHA along with the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Anesthesiologists and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, released a Joint Statement: Roadmap for Maintaining Essential Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic.
[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR] Health care workers have been at the center of the COVID-19 crisis since its beginning. Although the number of new cases and deaths slowed to a degree, they are rising again, keeping these courageous and dedicated workers on the front lines. They responded heroically while enduring a great deal of stress and pain. They received expressions of gratitude and homage from their communities...but was that enough? What have we learned and what can we do in this next phase in support of health care workers? This presentation will examine what was done and what should be done.