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

• 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)
• American Academy of Pediatrics COVID-19 Q&A
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists COVID-19 Resources
• 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
  • Local resumption of elective surgery guidance (April 17, 2020)
• America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
• American Hospital Association
  • 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
  • AMA Announces New CPT Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic (March 26, 2020)
• American Nurses Association
• American Society for Health Care Engineering (COVID-19 Patient Space Options)
• 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

Selected State and Local Resources

• 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

• Treatment of COVID-19 Patients With Convalescent Plasma (The American Journal of Pathology, 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)
• Rapid Vaccine Development: NEJM Interview With Dr. Nicole Lurie, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (New England Journal of Medicine, May 21, 2020)
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality White Paper on Telehealth Expansion (May 14, 2020)
• Commonweatlh 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 Videos:
  • Re-opening Hospitals and Clinics in the Post COVID-19 Era
  • Leveraging Virtual Care Management During COVID
  • Communicating with Health System Patients During COVID-19
• Health Executive Article: Prepare Now for Post-COVID Patient Access (By Rose Wagner, Chief Operating Officer, AMGA Consulting, April 24, 2020)
• Responding to Covid-19: Lessons from Management Research (NEJM/Catalyst, 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