Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications

A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the American Hospital Association highlights the dire impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the financial health of hospitals and health systems.

Harvard University’s Kennedy School, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and the United Nations recently collaborated on a platform to produce a decision-making tool that initially will focus on digital contact tracing of coronavirus infections. The platform, which could be operational by September, will identify secondary and tertiary effects of workforce availability and product/supply shortages across critical infrastructure sectors.

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, hospitals had to stop all but the most urgent non-COVID care. The result was a dramatic slowdown in volume of patients and in revenue, while expenses remained high. The result has been an unprecedented impact and an uncertain future about the ability of hospitals to serve their communities and remain financially viable.

AHA’s Board Chair Dr. Mindy Estes talked with Dr. Marc Boom, President and CEO of Houston Methodist, about how his hospital has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode of Leadership Rounds was recorded on July 16, 2020.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it will distribute a second round of funding from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to hospitals that have been highly impacted by COVID-19. Payments totaling $10 billion will go out to over 1,000 hospitals as early as July 20.

Statement from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on HHS's announcement to distribute additional funds for “hot spot” hospitals.

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In this webinar, we will present a case study of Ohio Gastroenterology detailing how they were able to harness the power of analytics and automation to rebuild clinic volumes to 91% in the first 15 days of reopening post-COVID. We’ll discuss identifying the right analytics for your practice, how to set up tracking, and the part marketing and automation plays in reducing patient fear and helping you return to healthy clinic volumes.

Listen to this session to learn how COVID-19 has shaped consumer expectations, how providers and payers can use segmentation and mindsets to redesign activation, engagement and retention, and examples of using mindsets and segmentation to adjust engagement and design.

ASHHRA collaborated with the attorneys from Littler to discuss the long term effects COVID-19 will have on health care HR. This episode discusses leveraging staff across the industry to care for COVID-19 patients. Topics ranged from sharing staff between sister organizations, reallocating staff within a facility, bringing in travelers and staff from other parts of the country and how organized labor contracts were applicable needed to be modified for the sake of the patients.

Americans view hospitals very favorably, support additional financial aid in new public opinion polling

The Queen’s Health Systems shared how COVID-19 has caused significant financial challenges for the org

UR Medicine Thompson Health, a nonprofit health care system which provides care for 165,000 residents of Upstate New York’s greater Finger Lakes area and is the largest employer in Ontario County,

Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA's strategic initiatives and Dr.

ASHHRA recognizes that health care human resources will not be immune to the inevitable change from the COVID-19 pandemic. With feedback from ASHHRA members and questions collected from the ASHHRA Exchange online community, ASHHRA collaborated with the attorneys from Littler to discuss the long term effects COVID-19 will have on health care HR.

Following yesterday’s announcement of changes to its process for collecting daily COVID-19-related data from hospitals, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today asked hospitals to prioritize the reporting of seven data fields starting tomorrow, July 15.

At the peak of New York state’s COVID-19 outbreak, Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx was at the epicenter. For the behavioral health center, that meant greatly expanding its already innovative use of digital solutions to connect with its patients. This would be needed to continue to serve the 250 to 300 behavioral health patients the center typically sees each day.

A social worker with the U.S. Army Reserve bonds with a 96-year-old patient, a veteran of World War II now fighting COVID-19.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health collaborates with community partners to improve food access during the COVID-19 pandemic.