Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications

COVID-19 cases around the country are increasing daily. While hospitals and health care workers are trying their best to treat those positive cases, they are also exploring telehealth and virtual care to prevent overcrowding hospitals and containing the spread of coronavirus.

Hospitals, associations, academic institutions and commercial enterprises are currently offering a wide range of free courses and webinars to help clinicians refresh or gain skills needed to treat patients with COVID-19. Harvard University and edX announced they are launching a course on ventilator use.

Writing in Modern Healthcare, leaders at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health argued “protecting staff from harm as a first principle” is essential as health systems battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host the latest in a series of calls with physicians and clinical leaders sharing their experiences, best practices, strategies and insights related to COVID-19. Participants may join the call at 12:30 p.m. ET by dialing 877-251-0301 and entering access code 8672948.

The Dynamic Ventilator Reserve is a public-private partnership between the American Hospital Association, the federal government and leading group purchasing organizations. This program brings together health systems from across the country to contribute a portion of their ventilator fleets to share with hospitals experiencing shortages. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released

The AHA today urged the Department of Health and Human Services

America’s hospitals and health systems, physicians and nurses urge the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to mobilize its agencies and use its existing authorities to identify and address disparities in the federal response to COVID-19, including increasing the availability of testing, ensuring access to equitable treatment and disseminating timely, relevant, culturally appropriate and culturally sensitive public health information.

Dear Secretary Azar:

Learn from a senior strategist and planning executive from Providence St. Joseph Health about the changing role of planners and the planning function during the COVID-19 pandemic.