COVID-19 Resources: June Updates

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COVID-19 Resources: Update

June 2020

After several months of COVID-19 response experience, promising practices and lessons learned abound. As you continue working tirelessly to protect your communities, we will keep sharing helpful information. We encourage you to check our Novel Coronavirus Resources Page and CDC’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) webpage often and reach out if you need technical assistance (TA). This issue of The Express highlights the following new, updated, or upcoming resources:

Webinar Recording Now Available

ASPR TRACIE, in collaboration with the HHS/FEMA COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force, hosted the Ensuring Healthcare Safety Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar where speakers shared recent experiences and lessons learned while adjusting their healthcare systems in order to maintain safety within their organizations.

Alternate Care Site (ACS) Resources

Just Posted-Webinar Q and A: Due to limited time, speakers were not able to respond to all questions asked at the end of the webinar Funding Sources for the Establishment and Operationalization of Alternate Care Sites. Check out the webinar Q & A document which includes responses to all questions received, and download the ACS Funding Summary Tip Sheet for more information.
Coming Soon: ACS Toolkit, Third Edition, which provides augmented guidance based on feedback and experience with the national ACS mission.

Just Released: Rural Health and COVID-19

This document discusses strategies for managing some of the challenges faced by rural areas specific to COVID-19. The challenges are grouped into two main categories: those specific to healthcare facilities, and those related to at-risk populations who reside in rural areas.

COVID-19 Clinical Rounds Peer-to-Peer Virtual Communities of Practice are a collaborative effort between ASPR, the National Emerging Special Pathogens 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. Three 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 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.

Domain Updates

Technical Resources
We continue to work with our subject matter experts and the COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force to update our Novel Coronavirus Resources Page. Check out the Healthcare Resilience Taskforce’s COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit for resources and tools that can help manage healthcare workforce challenges in response to the COVID-19 emergency.

Assistance Center
The Assistance Center has processed nearly 6,600 technical assistance (TA) requests from a variety of stakeholders since we launched. Check out our new COVID-19-Specific Resources, including Resources for Hospitals during Civil Unrest; COVID-19: Healthcare Delivery Impacts; Healthcare System Preparedness for Secondary Disasters during COVID-19; Hospital Onboarding Checklist; and COVID-19 Visitation Guidance for Retirement Communities. Please reach out if you need assistance.

Information Exchange
More than 8,700 of your colleagues use the Information Exchange (IE)—do you? Register now to join the conversation! If you have any COVID-19 promising practices, plans, tools, or templates to share with your peers, please visit the ASPR TRACIE Information Exchange COVID-19 Information Sharing Page (registration required) and place your resources under the relevant topic area.