AMBULATORY CARE Resources
UPDATED 7/8/2020
PROTOCOLS/GUIDELINES
AHRQ COVID-19 GUIDANCE
Description: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety, quality, and value of patient care delivered by America’s healthcare system. The Nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is supported by AHRQ’s competencies in the use of practice improvement, health systems research, and data and analytics.
Keywords: practice improvement; health systems research; data and analytics; COVID related topics and conditions; benchmarks on the healthcare system
Language: English
https://www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/index.html
ANA COVID-19 GUIDANCE
Source: ANA
Description: ANA resources for nurses on COVID -19 response including what nurses need to know, crisis standards of care, advocacy, nurse ethics, infection control and prevention, information for school nurses, volunteer resources and response, mental health and well-being for nurses, and research resources.
Keywords: What nurses need to know; Crisis Standards of Care; Advocacy; Nurse ethics; Infection control and prevention; Information for school nurses; Volunteer resources and response; Mental health and well-being of nurses; Research and resources.
Language: English
AVANCECARE PRIMARY CARE & TELEHEALTH GUIDANCE
Source: AvanceCare
Keywords: Primary care guidance during COVID-19 pandemic; telehealth guidance and protocols
Date updated: 7/4/2020
Description: Toolkit to provide primary care and telehealth protocols and guidelines for independent primary care providers.
Language: English
CMS TELEMEDICINE GENERAL POLICY GUIDANCE
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Description: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. This document contains electronic links to reliable sources of information regarding telehealth and telemedicine.
Date updated: 3/20/2020
Keywords: 1135 Waiver Information; CMS Telemedicine general policy guidance; telehealth implementation guide; state statue guidance; basics on setting up telehealth; telehealth technical assistance; selecting a vendor; articles; patient and community resources.
Language: English
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/general-telemedicine-toolkit.pdf
CMS COVID-19 GUIDANCE
Description: CMS guidance on the following: clinical and technical guidance; billing and coding guidance; survey and certification guidance; coverage guidance; provider enrollment guidance; Medicaid and CHIP guidance; marketplace plan guidance; Open payments guidance; and partner and stakeholders resources.
Date update: 4/11/20
Keywords: Clinical and technical guidance; billing and coding guidance; survey and certification guidance; coverage guidance; provider enrollment guidance; Medicaid and CHIP guidance; marketplace plan guidance; Open payments guidance; and partner and stakeholders resources.
Language: English
ELSEVIER COVID-19 HEALTHCARE HUB
Source: Elsevier
Description: Elsevier COVID-19 Healthcare Hub: central portal to clinical guidance, nursing and allied health careplans and checklists, and patient education.
Key Words: Community care; ambulatory care; emergency care; inpatient; ICU; critical care; expert insights; COVID-19 guidelines; research resources
Languages: English, Spanish
https://covid-19.elsevier.health/
HRSA COVID-19 RESOURCES
Description: HRSA Guidance during continued operations
Last Reviewed: 3/31/20
Keywords: HRSA Funding; Program Oversight and Monitoring; Providing Care During Emergencies; FTCA Requirements; Service Delivery; Temporary Sites; Quality Improvement; Partnerships and Special Populations; Information Collection
Language: English
https://bphc.hrsa.gov/emergency-response/coronavirus-frequently-asked-questions
NIH COVID-19 GUIDELINES
Source: NIH
Date Updated: 4/21/2020
Description: These Treatment Guidelines have been developed to inform clinicians how to care for patients with COVID-19. The recommendations in these Guidelines are based on scientific evidence and expert opinion. Each recommendation includes two ratings: a letter (A, B, or C) that indicates the strength of the recommendation and a Roman numeral (I, II, or III) that indicates the quality of the evidence that supports the recommendation.
Key Words: Critical care; therapeutic options under investigation; concomitant medications;
Language: English
https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/introduction
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICINE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
Source: University of Washington Medicine
Date Updated: 4/14/20
Description: University of Washington Medicine COVID-19 resource page with links and pdfs to protocols and guidance for patient care; operations and facilities; and death services.
Key Words: Patient care protocols; algorithms; clinical guidance; neonatal care protocols; obstetrics, labor and delivery protocols; PPE; patient care; policy and literature; post acute and long term care; operations and facilities; staff; risk managment and legal; autopsy; death services; IT; vendor and delivery;
Language: English
https://covid-19.uwmedicine.org/Pages/default.aspx
VITALTALK COVID-19 COMMUNICATION GUIDE
Source: University of Washington/Dr. Anthony Back
Keywords: Communication guide; testing; screening; treatment
Date updated: 4/24/2020
Description: Communication guide: COVID-19 COMMUNICATION TIPS: These were compiled by Dr. Anthony Back, professor of medicine at University of Washington in Seattle and founder of VitalTalk. This is a super-concentrated blast of tips focused on COVID.
Language: English
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uSh0FeYdkGgHsZqem552iC0KmXIgaGKohl7SoeY2UXQ/mobilebasic
COURSES
COVID-19 ONLINE COURSES
Source: WHO
Description: Online courses in multiple languages to address COVID-19 response and mitigation. Example: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Languages: Multiple
Key words: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC); ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN); Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection;Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control
INFORMATIONAL SERIES
APHA/NAM COVID-19 WEBINAR SERIES
Source: APHA/ NAM
Description: Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, this webinar series is exploring the state of the science surrounding the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States and globally, with a focus on the emerging evidence on how to best mitigate its impact. Hear from trusted experts in such fields as public health, infectious disease, risk communication, and crisis standards of care.
Key Words: Social distancing; spread and treatment; crisis standards of care; testing; COVID and health equity
Language: English
https://www.covid19conversations.org/
LITERATURE RESOURCES
COVID-19 LITERATURE SURVEILLANCE TEAM
Source: COVID-19 Literature Surveillance Team
Description: They are an affiliated group of medical students, PhDs, and physicians keeping up with the latest research on SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19. They find the newest articles, read them, grade their level of evidence, and bring you the bottom line. Our goal is to empower you to take the best care of yourself and those in your care.
Key Words: Climate (prevailing trend of public opinion); epidemiology - global, symptoms and clinical presentation, pediatrics; understanding the pathology - biomechanics, immune response; transmission and prevention - developments in transmission and prevention, prevention in the community, prevention in the hospital; management - general, acute care, internal medicine, Ob/Gyn, pediatrics, surgery; Adjusting practice during COVID - acute care, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, pallative; R&D: Diagnositics and Treatment - current diagnostics, developments in diagnostics, developments in treatments; mental health and resilience needs; silver linings;
Language: English
LitCOVID
Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Date Posted: 4/12/20
Description: LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 4037 (and growing) relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved access.
Key Words: Literature hub; up-to-date scientific information
Citation: Chen Q, Allot A, Lu Z. Keep up with the latest coronavirus research. Nature. 2020;579(7798):193.
Language: English
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/