COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities

The Coalition for Health Funding, which includes AONL, wrote to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations this month to urge Congress to significantly boost federal investments in health in FY 2021.
As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, WHO released the State of the World’s Nursing Report 2020 this month.
People with diabetes appear to be at higher risk of having more severe COVID-19 infections, but researchers have insufficient data to quantify that risk, according to an April 8 evidence review by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now reporting national data on confirmed COVID-19 cases by both race and ethnicity.
Today’s webinar from the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC) will present tips and best practices for caring for infants, children and teenagers with COVID-19.
To assist hospitals and health systems in making difficult decisions about how to deploy limited staff and resources, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has compiled a list of resources, tools and sample policies, which clinical teams can consult during the COVID-19 crisis.
Free tools for communicating with intubated COVID-19 patients and others unable to speak are available online from the Patient Provider Communication Forum.
Seattle’s University of Washington health system, UW Medicine, and its affiliates are sharing resources they developed as the first providers and administrators to encounter COVID-19 on U.S. soil.