ASPR TRACIE Express: COVID-19 Resources (October Update #3)

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COVID-19 Resources: October Update #3

This issue of The Express highlights newly available and upcoming webinars and other updates. Please continue to access our Novel Coronavirus Resources Page and CDC’s Coronavirus webpage.

Webinar Recordings Now Available: How the Pandemic is Impacting Children

ASPR TRACIE and ASPR’s Pediatric Centers of Excellence have released the recordings for the final two webinars in the series “Hidden Consequences: How the COVID Pandemic is Impacting Children:”

Access the one-page summary for links to all webinar recordings within the series.

New: Healthcare Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Speaker Series)

This speaker series highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic brought healthcare and public health, emergency medical services, and emergency management together to adjust healthcare operations. Topics include the role of pharmacists in the pandemic, adjusting operations to manage patient surge, creating a COVID-19 task force, and meeting supply chain challenges.

Cybersecurity Alert: Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have developed a cybersecurity alert related to an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers: "Alert (AA20-302A) Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector." This advisory describes the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by cybercriminals against targets in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector (HPH) to infect systems with Ryuk ransomware for financial gain. CISA, FBI, and HHS are sharing this information to provide warning to healthcare providers to ensure that they take timely and reasonable precautions to protect their networks from these threats.

To report suspicious or criminal activity related to information found in this Joint Cybersecurity Advisory, contact your local FBI field office at www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices, or the FBI’s 24/7 Cyber Watch (CyWatch) at (855) 292-3937 or by e-mail at CyWatch@fbi.gov.

New: Telehealth for Community-Based Organizations Webinar Series

These three webinars, developed by ASPR's At-Risk Individuals Program, focus on implementing telehealth services to address the access and functional needs of at-risk individuals in partnership with HUD during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Clinical Rounds Peer-to-Peer Virtual Communities of Practice are a collaborative effort between ASPR, the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC), and Project ECHO. These interactive virtual learning sessions aim to create a peer-to-peer learning network where clinicians from the U.S. and abroad who have experience treating patients with COVID-19 share their challenges and successes; a generous amount of time for participant Q & A is also provided. These webinar topics are covered every week:

EMS: Patient Care and Operations (Mondays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)
Critical Care: Lifesaving Treatment and Clinical Operations (Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)
Emergency Department: Patient Care and Clinical Operations (Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)

Access the webinars from the Telemedicine Hack series and other previous webinars and sign up today to receive information on upcoming webinars.

The Healthcare & Public Health Sector Partnership led by ASPR’s Division of Critical Infrastructure Protection is actively engaged in responding to COVID-19. Register here to receive regular response bulletins.