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 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the Tiger Tech COVID Plus Monitor, the first machine learning-based COVID-19
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reviewed front-line hospital administrators’ perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected capacity to care for patients
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health instituted a virtual intensive care unit (ICU) to increase critical care capacity in the 13-hospital health system, Allegheny Health Network.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Center for Health Innovation invited hospitals and health systems to participate in its second Hospital Community Collaborative, which will focus on COVID-19-related community needs.
In this American Hospital Association (AHA) Advancing Health podcast, Esther Corpuz, chief executive officer of Alivio Medical Center in Chicago, discusses the use
As part of the 100 Million Mask Challenge, the American Hospital Association (AHA) partnered with novel manufacturers and suppliers to support the personal protective
In the webinar sponsored by the AHA, speakers from Atrium Health and American Airlines will discuss their organizations’ collaborative effort to “get shots in arms”
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced hospitals to adapt in a rapidly changing environment. After a year of operation under these circumstances, hospital CEOs have begun to reassess, stopping some operations and starting others.
The major Headlines, US Snapshots, US Vaccinations, US Variant Cases, key Highlights, as well as key Statistics, Vaccine and Treatment information, US Restrictions and the Back to Normal Index related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Germaine Smith-Baugh, president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., talks about combating the COVID-19 pandemic through testing, vaccinations and education within the community, which include people hardest hit by the pandemic.
The AHA today released a new episode of PowerPlay, the on-demand video series that connects AHA members to major players in policy, politics and science.
The AHA continues to host calls on COVID-19 during which hospital and health system leaders can hear the latest updates on the pandemic and ask questions to AHA team members. AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., and AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will lead the next call, which is scheduled for Thursday, April 1 from 3-4:15 p.m. ET.
Featuring Dr. Bechara Choucair, Vaccinations Coordinator for the White House COVID Response Team. On March 22, Dr. Choucair spoke with AHA’s Michelle Hood, executive vice president and chief operating officer about the administration’s plans to utilize hospitals and health systems in vaccination goals and plans for sustained COVID vaccination opportunities.
A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the American Hospital Association (AHA) today highlights the ongoing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial stability of hospitals and health systems, threatening their ability to continue to provide essential services to their patients and communities.
After studying how supply chains broke down during the pandemic’s early days and talking with affected health care executives, physicians, engineers and others, Hannah recently outlined in Harvard Business Review steps health care organizations can take to create a more resilient PPE supply infrastructure.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) March 19 updated its guidance to hospitals on the reporting of COVID-19-related data.
Precision medicine and population health may seem like contradictory concepts.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently updated its policy on “Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Medical Care Eligible for Public Assistance
As part of AHA’s Joining Hands for Greater Impact series, we talk to Atrium Health, American Airlines and Charlotte Douglas International Airport representatives about how they came together to “get shots in arms” in Charlotte, N.C.
H-ISAC TLP Green Coronavirus Daily Update for March 19, 2021.