Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications

Congressional leaders today reached a deal on an $8.3 billion spending package to combat the novel coronavirus (C

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a number of updated resources and interim guidance documents for hospitals and health systems to prepare for and respond to the pos

Talking Points: Hospitals and Health Systems – COVID-19 Response

The American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association urged Congress to quickly fund health care readiness for coronavirus in a joint letter.

The AHA and American Nurses Association urge Congress to “swiftly provide” $1 billion in initial supplemental emergency funding to support the “urgent preparedness and response needs of hospitals, health systems, physicians and nurses on the front lines” of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

On this Advancing Health podcast, AHA’s Akin Demehin, director of policy, speaks to Colleen Kraft, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory U

AHA webinar on conronavirus featuring Rebecca Bartles, executive director of system infection prevention at Providence St. Joseph Health in Washington state, which was the first health care organization to care for a patient in the U.S. with COVID-19.

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The AHA Feb. 3 at noon ET will host a call for member hospitals and health systems featuring Michael Bell, M.D., deputy director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases.

The American Hospital Association’s 2021 public policy advocacy agenda seeks to continue to positively influence the public policy environment for patients, communities and the health care field. We will work hand in hand with our members; the state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations; national health care organizations; and other stakeholders to develop and implement an advocacy strategy to fulfill our vision.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring, and collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO), on an outbreak caused by a novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

AHA continues to report on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and monitor updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization.