The Joint Commission has created a web portal with resources to assist health care workers as they prepare for a surge of patients with COVID-19.
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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In light of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on the well-being of clinicians, the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being compiled a list of strategies and resources to support those on the front lines.
Lodging, transportation and other hospitality businesses are offering discounts to hospital and health system employees responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today’s webinar from the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC) will present tips and best practices for caring for infants, children and teenagers with COVID-19.
A clinical evidence assessment from independent quality and safety organization ECRI provides updated information on the safety of reusing N95 respirators and using them for extended periods.
The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infection control guidance focuses on limiting the ways germs can enter a facility, quickly isolating symptomatic patients and protecting health care personnel.
Ochsner Health, a nonprofit healthcare system based in New Orleans, a U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, received its first coronavirus patient on March 9.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) offers an interactive map showing the authorization-to-practice data in its Nursys database.
To provide decision makers with a snapshot of hospitals' challenges and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the office of the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted a national survey between March 23 and March 27.
The American Hospital Association has compiled a guide to various modeling tools health systems can use to forecast the spread of COVID-19 and its impact in their regions.
The American Hospital Association asks Health and Human Services to provide additional guidance and flexibility for providers caring for patients with behavioral health disorders.
The Federal Reserve today announced the terms of both expanded and new “Main Street” lending facilities that would provide loans to a variety of eligible borrowers, including borrowers that obtain loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) administered by the Small Business Administration and larger borrowers with up to 10,000 employees or $2.5 billion in annual revenues.
AHRMM is sharing resources from organizations that we think may help you and your hospital or health system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AHA urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider at once its decision to limit participation i
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has presented hospitals and health systems with the greatest public health challenge in recent history.
This report provides an overview of links to models that can help organizations address COVID-19 case projections and capacity planning, community vulnerability mapping and case mapping. The report provides links to 11 COVID-19 models and provides an overview of each tool’s capabilities and the resource’s methodology documentation.
Here are some of the latest ways hospitals, health systems and others are adapting operations to stem the pandemic surge.
FCN creates virtual community connections to share COVID-19 updates, resources and spiritual support.