If you are a manufacturer able to help with the 100 Million Mask Challenge, and not already connected with your local hospital or health system, please review the information on this page and share your contact information with us.
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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We encourage all of our hospitals and health systems to partner and coordinate with businesses in your communities that may have the equipment and ability to help produce much needed personal protective equipment. We have provided all of our design specs to be shared widely.
Providence St. Joseph Health, headquartered in Washington State, launched the 100 Million Mask Challenge and has seen a tremendous outpouring of support from individuals, community organizations and local manufacturers.The American Hospital Association will now bring the initiative to scale across the country, facilitating new relationships between providers in need of surgical masks and manufacturers with the capacity to produce them.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on how covered entities may disclose protected health information (PHI) to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
As part of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced unprecedented relief this week for clinicians and facilities participating in Medicare quality reporting and payment programs.
Pandemic-related updates are now available on a dedicated COVID-19 webpage on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) website.
Free tools for communicating with intubated COVID-19 patients and others unable to speak are available online from the Patient Provider Communication Forum.
In a March 19 letter, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urged Congress to incorporate the coalition’s priorities in COVID-19 legislative packages under consideration.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) launched a website this month to provide resources and tools for workers at risk of exposure to COVID-19.
In anticipation of the need to create more intensive care unit (ICU) beds during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) updated its statistics on critical care resources and put forward a strategy for augmenting staff.
As hospitals struggle to make do with a limited supply of face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE), government and private entities are taking steps to address the problem.
Increase patient capacity across the country by making additional spaces for our patients via converting alternate care sites to patient space options.
Seattle’s University of Washington health system, UW Medicine, and its affiliates are sharing resources they developed as the first providers and administrators to encounter COVID-19 on U.S. soil.
Why are we holding this presentation? Three reasons:
The Senate 96-0 passed the
This policy brief is the collaborative effort of nursing leaders who propose and support academic-practice partnerships between health care facilities and pre-licensure registered nursing (RN) and practical/vocational nursing (PN/VN) programs across the country during the COVID-19 crisis. This is one potential model to consider. It is not mandated, rather an innovative approach to meeting academic and workforce needs.
We appreciate all of your efforts and encourage you to visit the websites of your local hospitals and health systems to determine what needs exist and how you can best support them. In the event that they are not needed, these masks can be used by you, your family and friends in your community. Our hope is that manufacturing companies across the company will step up to rapidly produce surgery-grade masks and face shields for health care workers.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the Senate's coronavirus relief legislation.
A message from our Business Partners from the AHA.
The Senate today released updated legislation as part of a widespread stimulus package to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.