The COVID-19 outbreak has led to process, technology and operational improvements to enhance patient and staff safety, and many of these changes could figure prominently during the next major infectious disease outbreak or pandemic. Other changes requiring more elaborate planning will impact future hospital designs.
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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Verily Life Sciences, a sister company to Google, has launched a new set of digital tools to help hospitals and health systems provide ondemand and up-to-date COVID-19 information.
The Federal Reserve Board announced it will seek public comments on a proposal to expand its Main Street Lending Program to provide access to credit for nonprofit organizations, including hospitals, a move advocated for by the AHA. The Main Street Lending Program offers loans to small and medium-sized businesses.
The population health team at LifeBridge Health recognized early on the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 would have on vulnerable populations in Greater Baltimore. The team quickly mobilized outreach to people with limited access to health care and programs addressing social needs.
As Central Illinois reopens from the statewide COVID-19 stay-at-home order, the health system is helping its communities do so safely.
Listen as distributor and manufacturer panelists discuss their changing strategies relating to COVID-19 lessons, domestic verses international production and ways providers, distributors and manufacturers need to work together moving forward.
A list that represents what actions would be necessary to maintain or extend telehealth flexibilities that were
implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week announced that it is planning an additional $10 billion distribution of funds to hospitals that have been particularly affected by the increased burden of caring for those with COVID-19. To inform how these funds are distributed, HHS is asking all hospitals to provide certain information by today, June 15.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the methodology used to distribute funds to hospitals serving high numbers of Medicaid beneficiaries and uninsured patients. The department this week stated that these hospitals would be recipients of an additional $10 billion in funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland-based MetroHealth implemented a plan to treat patients at home. In mid-March, the system opened a
Telehealth will continue to feature prominently in the post-COVID-19 health care landscape, according to Jim Parker, a senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official who spoke during a webinar sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging health care facilities to reopen for elective procedures and encouraging patients to seek needed care.
All nurses are invited to share their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and their insights by taking part in a series of online surveys conducted by the American Nurses Foundation.
The Joint Commission released a Quick Safety brief last week on promoting the psychosocial well-being of health care staff during crises. The advisory provides health care organizations with ways they can remove barriers to employees seeking mental health care.
With COVID-19 on the rise, hospitals and other organizations are leveraging technology to expand outreach to patients and communities.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it will distribute $10 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of Medicaid patients or provide large amounts of uncompensated care.