03/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Published: 3/24/2020. This four-page document provides guidance on how covered entities may disclose protected health information (PHI) about an individual who has been infected with or exposed to COVID-19 to law enforcement, paramedics, other first responders, and public health authorities in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. (PDF)
03/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Published: 3/24/2020. This six-page document describes how migrants and displaced populations may be at an increased risk from the current outbreak of COVID-19, how National Societies can support migrants and their families, and key activities for them to take. (PDF)
03/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Published: 3/24/2020. In this 36-minute Facebook Live Q&A, Paul Biddinger, Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Disaster Medicine and Chief of the Division of Emergency Preparedness, describes challenges to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from surges of sick patients to obtaining crucial supplies. As U.S. COVID-19 cases continue to climb, he discusses how an already strained hospital healthcare system will respond. (Video or Multimedia)
03/23/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/23/2020. This web page provides interim guidance specific for correctional facilities and detention centers during the outbreak of COVID-19, to ensure continuation of essential public services and protection of the health and safety of incarcerated and detained persons, staff, and visitors. (Text)
03/23/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 3/23/2020. This 28-page memorandum details how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is prioritizing surveys by authorizing modification of timetables and deadlines for the performance of certain required activities, delaying revisit surveys, and generally exercising enforcement discretion for three weeks, following the declaration of a national emergency regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. (PDF)
03/23/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board (TRB). Published: 3/23/2020. This one-hour, 31-minute webinar identifies a holistic approach that transportation and health agencies may take to contain and manage the COVID-19 outbreak. Presenters discussed their experiences with other outbreaks such as H1N1 (2009 – a.k.a. “swine flu”) and avian influenza. They identified challenges COVID-19 has presented in their transportation systems and what their agencies are doing to adapt and mitigate risks for those at greatest risk of contracting the illness. (Video or Multimedia)
03/21/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Published: 3/21/2020. This technical assistance document provides information about Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act and pandemic planning in the workplace. It was originally issued in 2009, during the spread of H1N1 virus, and has been re-issued on March 21, 2020, to incorporate updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies established ADA principles that are relevant to questions frequently asked about workplace pandemic planning. (Text)
03/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Published: 3/20/2020. This one-page document offers considerations for behavioral healthcare facilities aimed at decreasing the likelihood of COVID-19 infection and viral transmission, and providing for the behavioral health needs of patients. It strongly recommends the use of telehealth and/or telephonic services to provide evaluation and treatment of patients. (PDF)
03/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Published: 3/20/2020. This resource provides a description of some key medical, health care, and public health terms used in the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. (Text)
03/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Published: 3/20/2020. For mental health professionals, the challenges that accompany social distancing can place significant roadblocks to daily work. This two-page document provides tips for the mental health workforce on supporting behavioral health during social distancing. (PDF)
03/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network . Published: 3/20/2020. This 32-minute presentation discusses how providing substance use disorder services during a pandemic such as COVID-19 requires a mix of disaster preparedness, safety precautions, telehealth, and ethics. Participants will learn about safety precautions, how to move all services to telehealth, and leadership actions underway to address this rapidly changing situation. (Video or Multimedia)
03/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 3/20/2020. This four-page document is an operational tool that offers guidance for organizers holding meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak. It provides a COVID-19 risk assessment and mitigation checklist for use by host countries and mass gathering organizers and staff. (PDF)
03/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Health Care for the Homeless Council (HCH). Published: 3/20/2020. This one-hour, 28-minute webinar features speakers from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Health Care for the Homeless clinical and administrative leaders who discuss the COVID-19 outbreak, the available guidance that is specific to homeless service venues, the preparations that homeless health care providers are making, and the myriad outstanding issues being identified. (Video or Multimedia)
03/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/20/2020. This web page provides general and COVID-19 guidance for retirement and independent living communities, under these topics: Take Steps to Stay Healthy; Guidance for Retirement Communities and Facilities; FAQs for Administrators; and Disinfecting Your Facility if Someone is Sick. (Text)
03/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 3/18/2020. Health workers are at the front line of any outbreak response and are exposed to hazards that put them at risk of infection with an outbreak pathogen (in this case, COVID-19). This two-page document, updated on March 18, 2020, highlights the rights and responsibilities of health workers, including specific measures needed to protect occupational safety and health. It lists actions for health employers, managers, and health workers to follow. (PDF)
03/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). Published: 3/18/2020. This 38-minute webinar discusses the impact of COVID-19 on palliative care, and how to find resources for a COVID-19 Response Toolkit, virtual office hours, and a feedback form to share tools, policies, or ideas that have been helpful. (Video or Multimedia)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 3/17/2020. This World Health Organization (WHO) tool for rapid, flexible, and cost-effective monitoring of public knowledge, risk perceptions, behaviors, and trust is now available to countries in the WHO European Region to make their COVID-19-related response relevant and actionable, in order to affect public behavior. (Text)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC). Published: 3/17/2020. The purpose of this webinar is to outline evidence-based recommendations, best practices, and Joint Commission Standards for managing an influx of infectious patients, including an outbreak or pandemic involving COVID-19. It outlines crisis standards of care related to the use of masks and respirators during outbreaks of COVID-19. (Video or Multimedia)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Minnesota Department of Health. Published: 3/17/2020. This one-page Daily Responder Self-Triage checklist provides a way to look at and assess responder stress levels over a week. Understanding trauma risk will help responders realize when they need to activate stress management activities to increase their resilience. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/16/2020. This web page provides frequently asked questions and answers about COVID-19 and pregnant women, pregnant healthcare providers, transmission during pregnancy or delivery, infants, and transmission through breastmilk. (Text)
03/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Published: 3/12/2020. This 40-minute webinar provides an overview of best practices for responding to the psychosocial impacts of disasters. It focuses on understanding the importance of risk communication to mitigate mental health problems during disasters, reviews the phases of disaster as they pertain to mental health, and provides an overview of risk and protective factors for individuals and communities faced with disaster. (Video or Multimedia)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [National Institutes of Health] (NIEHS). Published: 3/2020. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Training Program (WTP) has gathered these training tools about COVID-19, including train-the-trainer material, pertaining to protecting workers involved in emergency response and cleanup activities performed in the United States. These tools provide health and safety guidance to workers who work in industries with the potential for exposure to COVID-19. (Text)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [National Institutes of Health] (NIEHS). Published: 3/2020. This training tool provides health and safety guidance to workers who work in industries with the potential for exposure to COVID-19. It will be updated with new information as the situation evolves. It covers how to assess the risk of workplace exposure to COVID-19, and define key steps in worker protection and infection control. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 3/2020. States/territories can request approval that certain statutes and implementing regulations be waived by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), pursuant to section 1135 of the Social Security Act. The list in this four-page document includes some of the temporary flexibilities available to CMS under section 1135. (Text)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 3/2020. The Food and Drug Administration has issued this 14-page guidance to provide a policy to help expand the availability of ventilators, as well as other respiratory devices and their accessories, during the COVID-19 pandemic. It lists the devices and accessories that the guidance applies to. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Published: 3/2020. These guidelines can be used by Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies to set up and run different kinds of remote psychological first aid services for the public during the time of a COVID-19 response. The target groups for the guidelines in this 12-page document are adults. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). Published: 3/2020. This six-page document aims to guide the revision of existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Food Distribution in the COVID-19 context at the country level to minimize the risk of exposure of personnel, partners, and beneficiaries. It is not meant to replace existing SOPs, but rather complement them. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: HelpAge International. Published: 3/2020. This four-page document provides guidance and advice for care homes about coronavirus (COVID-19). It includes information on personal behavior, action to take inside the care home, interaction with the outside environment, management responsibilities, governance, and what to do if someone has COVID-19. (PDF)
02/26/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Minnesota Department of Health. Published: 2/26/2020. This two-page document discusses the importance of recognizing and monitoring stress levels during the COVID-19 outbreak, and provides psychological first aid (PFA) strategies to help reduce stress. (PDF)
02/26/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Minnesota Department of Health. Published: 2/26/2020. Healthcare responders are at higher than average risk for traumatic stress reactions because their work repeatedly exposes them to highly stressful situations, including the COVID-19 pandemic. This two-page document provides tips on how to implement organizational stress management policies, and practice personal stress management. (PDF)
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