Additional Resources

 

The following are links to COVID-19 information and resources published by state, national, and global health entities, as well as associations and other special interest groups.

World Health Organization

• COVID-19 Clinical Management: Living Guidance (Jan. 25, 2021)
• Country & Technical Guidance - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) training: Online training
• Coronavirus disease Hospital Readiness Checklist for COVID-19 (February 24, 2020)

Other Healthcare Interest Groups

• Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding (COVID-19 treatment sourcing tool)
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
• American Academy of Family Physicians (Provider Checklist)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs
• American Academy of Pediatrics COVID-19 Q&A
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists COVID-19 Resources
• American Association of Medical Colleges
  • Consensus Guidance on Face Coverings (August 2020)
  • Roadmap to reset nation’s approach to COVID-19 (July 29, 2020)
• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Chest Physicians (COVID-19 Advice from the Front Lines)
• American College of Emergency Physicians COVID-19 Field Guide
• American College of Physicians COVID-19: An ACP Physician’s Guide & Resources
• American College of Surgeons: COVID-19 and Surgery
  • Updated Roadmap for Maintaining Essential Surgery During COVID-10 Pandemic (November 2020)
  • Roadmap for Maintaining Essential Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic (Aug. 10, 2020)
  • Local resumption of elective surgery guidance (April 17, 2020)
• America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
• American Hospital Association
  • AONL Study: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Nursing Profession in the U.S. (Jan. 6, 2021)
  • ASHHRA COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Toolkit
  • COVID-19 Modeling: Forecasting the Pandemic’s Spread and Planning for Recovery (September 2020)
  • Survey: Losses from Reduced Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient Volume Expected to Top $323 Billion in 2020 (June 30, 2020)
• American Medical Association COVID-19 Resources for Physicians
  • COVID-19 & Vaccine Development: AMA News and Resources
  • AMA Announces Vacccine-Specific CPT Codes for Coronavirus Immunizations (Nov. 10, 2020)
  • AMA CPT COVID-19 Coding and Guidance
• American Nurses Association
• American Society for Health Care Engineering (COVID-19 Patient Space Options)
  • COVID-19 Vaccines—Guidance for Facilities
• American Society of Addiction Medicine COVID-19 Resources
• American Society of Health System Pharmacists Assessment of Evidence for COVID-19 Related Treatments
• Association of Public Health Laboratories COVID-19 Response
• Catholic Health Association Coronavirus Resources
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Standardized Case Definition for COVID-19
• COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition
• Infectious Diseases Society of America COVID-19 Resources
  • Practice guidelines on diagnosis, treatment and management, and infection prevention
• National Kidney Foundation COVID-19 Resources
• Society of Critical Care Medicine: COVID-19 Emergency Response
• Society of Hospital Medicine COVID-19 Resources
• Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine COVID-19 Resources

Selected State and Local Resources

• National Governors Association: State-by-state Guide to COVID-19 Vaccine Information
• State-by-state timeline of COVID-19 policies, cases, and deaths (Johns Hopkins University)
• Texas Governor Suspends Elective Surgeries in Four Counties (June 25, 2020)
• State Actions Landing Page (Hall Render LLP COVID-19 Resource Center)
• New York City Health Department Guidance for Healthcare Worker Self-Monitoring and Work Restriction (March 17, 2020)
• New York State Department of Health: Information for Healthcare Providers
• Westchester County, N.Y.: Updated Guidance for Healthcare Worker Testing (March 20, 2020)
• Oregon Health Authority: Framework for Restarting Non-Emergent and Elective Procedures Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Medical and Dental Offices (April 23, 2020)
• Utah Allows Hospitals, Physicians to Resume Some Elective Surgeries;  Utah Hospital Association Roadmap for Resuming Elective Procedures (April 21, 2020)
• Washington State Department of Health Healthcare Provider Resources, Guidance for Restrictions on Non-Emergent Procedures (Updated April 29, 2020)

Other Helpful Resources

• _ New England Journal of Medicine _: University of Pennsylvania Health System develops I-READI framework to improve quality and safety response for COVID-19 patients (January 2021).
• Bloomberg State-by-State Vaccination Rate Tracker
• NASHP: State-by-state Plans for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
• _ JAMA: _ HCA Healthcare’s COVID-19 Surge Planning Framework (December 2020) 
• Georgia Institute of Technology: COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool
• New England Journal of Medicine: Clinical Decisions Article outlines three approaches to managing elective surgeries during COVID-19 (Oct. 29, 2020)
• University of Phoenix: Survey of Nurses Reports on Work-Life Balance During COVID-19 (Oct. 27, 2020)
• Health Affairs Study Examines Drop in Hospital Admissions After Onset of Pandemic (September 2020)
• The Joint Commission article on optimizing telehealth for safe patient care (Oct. 6, 2020)
• UCLA Health releases updated COVID-19 surge planning tool for hospitals (September 2020)
• Siemens Insights Series: COVID-19 Accelerates Digitalization of Health Care (August 2020)
• Adaptive Vaccine Solutions: Guidebook for Practices - Sanofi Pasteur guidebook for setting up vaccine clinics (June, 2020)
• The American Journal of Pathology: Treatment of COVID-19 Patients With Convalescent Plasma (May 27, 2020)
• NEJM: Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19 Preliminary Report (May 22, 2020)
• COVID Active Research Experience (CARE) Project: Direct-to-consumer patient registry
• NEJM: Rapid Vaccine Development - Interview With Dr. Nicole Lurie, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (May 21, 2020)
• AHRQ - White Paper on Telehealth Expansion (May 14, 2020)
• Commonwealth Fund - Analysis: Impact of COVID-19 on Outpatient Visits (April 23, 2020)
• Johnson & Johnson
  • COVID-19 Therapy and Vaccine Development
  • Janssen COVID-19 Update
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI): Recorded Webinars for Health Systems Confronting COVID-19
• 360 Dx: Commercially Available COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests Tracker
• Optum Advisory Services:
  • Expert Insights on COVID-19 for Providers (Videoseries)
  • Health Care Beyond Crisis: Eight Forces That Will Determine the Future
• Health Executive: Prepare Now for Post-COVID Patient Access - Article by Rose Wagner, Chief Operating Officer, AMGA Consulting (April 24, 2020)
• NEJM Catalyst: Responding to Covid-19: Lessons from Management Research (April 17, 2020)
• New York City Health & Hospitals:  Text-Message-Based Symptom Monitoring Program
• MDMetrix COVID-19 Projections (updated daily)
• ProjectN95.org (Clearinghouse for PPE supplies)
• COVID-19 Telehealth Coverage Policies Center for Connected Health Policy (April 10, 2020)
• The Joint Commission COVID-19 Resources and Guidance (April 10, 2020)
• Up to Date: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Wolters Kluwer online clinical resource (Updated Frequently)
• COVID-19 Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics Health Catalyst
• COVID-19 Capacity Predictor Definitive Healthcare
• Penn Medicine COVID-19 Webinar: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know (April 2, 2020)
• British Medical Journal Article on Remote Assessment in Primary Care: Includes useful infographic on assessing patients by video or voice call (March 25, 2020)
• NAM Perspectives: Duty to Plan: Health Care, Crisis Standards of Care, and Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (March 5, 2020)
• Optum/Advisory Board: Resources for COVID-19 Readiness

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

• Draft Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine (Sept. 1, 2020)