AHA statement on initial emergency funding from CARES Act from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released additional new waivers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) April 9 temporarily suspended a number of rules so that hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities can boost frontline staffs during the pandemic.
A list of alternate and non-traditional supply channels offering personal protective equipment (PPE).
COVID-19 internal communications strategy as well as a website, graphics and signage that encourage social distancing in the hospital.
How Northwell Health and the planning team has supported the COVID-19 crisis in New York’s epicenter.
The Joint Commission has created a web portal with resources to assist health care workers as they prepare for a surge of patients with COVID-19.
In light of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on the well-being of clinicians, the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being compiled a list of strategies and resources to support those on the front lines.
Lodging, transportation and other hospitality businesses are offering discounts to hospital and health system employees responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today’s webinar from the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC) will present tips and best practices for caring for infants, children and teenagers with COVID-19.
A clinical evidence assessment from independent quality and safety organization ECRI provides updated information on the safety of reusing N95 respirators and using them for extended periods.
To assist hospitals and health systems in making difficult decisions about how to deploy limited staff and resources, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has compiled a list of resources, tools and sample policies, which clinical teams can consult during the COVID-19 crisis.
The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infection control guidance focuses on limiting the ways germs can enter a facility, quickly isolating symptomatic patients and protecting health care personnel.
Ochsner Health, a nonprofit healthcare system based in New Orleans, a U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, received its first coronavirus patient on March 9.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) offers an interactive map showing the authorization-to-practice data in its Nursys database.
To provide decision makers with a snapshot of hospitals' challenges and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the office of the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted a national survey between March 23 and March 27.
The American Hospital Association has compiled a guide to various modeling tools health systems can use to forecast the spread of COVID-19 and its impact in their regions.
Holly Sullivan describes how Spectrum Health is preparing for COVID-19 and how the strategic marketers are playing a key role in communicating critical information.