You're no doubt being inundated with a ton of information on how to prepare for possible patients with the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19). To help you ensure the safety of your staff and patients, we wanted to pull together the available resources on how to safely manage and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Advisory Board resources to support your response to COVID-19
Coronavirus scenario planning: 12 situations hospital leaders should prepare for
This document contains 12 potential scenarios that could unfold in a community outbreak with moderate to severe infection rates. Each of these scenarios—which cover impact on capacity, clinicians and staff, finances, and the broader ecosystem—includes a set of questions that leaders can use to engage preparedness planning leaders, taskforces, partners, and other executives to identify potential gaps in strategy. This information should be used as a supplement to, rather than a replacement for, any guidance you receive from federal, state, or local officials.
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Implications for payers
Learning from previous outbreaks and disasters
Managing clinical capacity
Other resources to support your response to COVID-19
CDC's Hospital Preparedness Checklist for Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Patients
This checklist highlights key areas for hospital staff—especially hospital emergency management officers, infection control practitioners, and clinical practitioners—to review in preparation for a person with COVID-19 arriving at a hospital for medical care. CDC is also maintaining a landing page of recommendations for preparedness.
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CDC's Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for COVID-19 Patients in a Health Care Setting
CDC has released interim guidance for infection control procedures in health care settings for known or suspected patients with COVID-19, including suggestions for personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff and how to minimize the risk of exposure.
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CDC's Health Care Personnel Preparedness Checklist for COVID-19
This checklist highlights suggested actions frontline health care personnel should take to prepare for transport and arrival of patients potentially infected with COVID-19.
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HHS' COVID-19 Healthcare Planning Checklist
This checklist from HHS' Public Health Emergency division outlines a number of suggested action steps health systems should take across the organization to prepare for COVID-19 patients.
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CMS' Memo to Health Care Facilities about COVID-19
This memo was sent from CMS to all health care facilities to offer their guidance on preparing for COVID-19 patients and detail the resources they believe are most important to review.
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CDC's Guide to Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19
CDC has released interim screening criteria to screen and evaluate patients suspected of having the coronavirus. The page also includes directions for reporting any suspected cases to the appropriate health departments.
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CDC's Webinar: What Clinicians Need to Know to Prepare for COVID-19 in the United States
On March 5th, CDC provided clinicians information about the current epidemiology, infection control and prevention recommendations, and clinical management for patients with COVID-19 infection.
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WHO's Clinical Management Guide for COVID-19 Patients
WHO has released this interim guidance for how to triage, treat, and monitor patients with severe cases of COVID-19.
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CDC's Guidance for Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure to COVID-19
CDC offers this guidance for assessing and monitoring the risk for health care workers who may have been exposed to patients with COVID-19.
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CDC's COVID-19 Case Tracker
CDC updates this page with suspected, confirmed, and negative cases of COVID-19, as well as a map of the virus' geographic spread.
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CMS' Essential Health Benefit Coverage and the Coronavirus
This frequently asked questions document explains when COVID-19 testing and treatment qualifies as an essential health benefit.
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COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Health Care Provider Fact Sheet
This fact sheet highlights the various waivers the Trump administration is making available to providers under President Trump's March 13 announcement declaring the new coronavirus epidemic a national emergency.
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