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Call for Ideas—Conserving Supply of Personal Protective Equipment
—JAMA is inviting immediate suggestions. Please help patients and health care workers.
April 3
—CDC releases recommendation regarding the use of cloth face coverings, especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.
—CMS held a call on Lessons from the front lines: COVID-19. Topic: COVID-19 flexibilities.
—Recent AMA releases:
—AMA’s 2020 Annual Meeting suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
—Statement on CDC’s Recommendation for Public on Cloth Masks
—AMA urges all governors to adopt stay-at-home orders to fight COVID-19
—AMA issues guidance to protect med students during COVID-19
April 2
—CDC held a call on clinical management of critically ill adults with coronavirus disease 2019.
—JAMA Live Q&A: Epidemics have always driven change in human societies. Speaker: Frank Snowden, PhD, Yale University.
April 1
—CDC provides guidance on decontamination and reuse of filtering facepiece respirators.
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Daily Update: AMA leaders and health care experts discuss the COVID-19 stimulus bill.
—JAMA Live Q&A: Ventilation management, working with dying patients’ families, use of experimental therapies, and more. Speaker: Derek Angus MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh.
March 31
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Update: AMA leaders and health care experts discuss leveraging social media to spread critical COVID-19 science.
—AMA guiding principles to protect learners responding to COVID-19 is available.
—JAMA Live Q & A: Health behaviors are contagious through social networks. What are the implications for COVID-19 contagion and social distancing? Speaker: Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, Yale University
March 30
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Update: AMA leaders and health care experts discuss efforts to expand telehealth and remove obstacles to this type of care, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 28
—CDC Issues Domestic Travel Advisory for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
—CMS held its latest call: Lessons from The Front Lines: COVID-19 to discuss COVID-19 therapeutics.
—CDC released a health advisory on severe illness associated with using non-pharmaceutical chloroquine phosphate to treat coronavirus disease 2019.
—AMA released curated guidance based on the AMA Code of Medical Ethics Opinions:
— Conducting clinical trials
— Access to experimental treatment
— Caring for patients at the end of life
March 27
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Daily Update: AMA President, Patrice Harris, MD; Vice President, Undergraduate Medical Education Innovations, Kimberly Lomis; and Vice President, Graduate Medical Education Innovations, John Andrews, MD, discuss the disruption physicians and medical students are facing with COVID-19 and how to deal with the upheaval to their practices, education and training.
—AMA released the following curated guides and info to assist health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak:
— Senior physician COVID-19 resource guide
— Managing mental health during COVID-19
March 26
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Daily Update: AMA President, Patrice Harris, MD; Group Vice President, Professional Satisfaction & Practice Sustainability, Michael Tutty, PhD; and Senior Vice President, Health Solutions, Laurie McGraw, discuss updates regarding COVID-19 including personal protective equipment (PPE), telehealth and CPT.
—AMA released the following curated guides and info to assist health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak:
— Prescribing medications responsibly in a pandemic
— Providing patient care remotely in a pandemic
— Fair access to limited critical care resources
— COVID-19 policy recommendations for OUD, pain, harm reduction
— Patient care for SUD, mental illness, chronic pain during COVID-19
Thought Leaders
AMA COVID-19 featured resources
COVID-19 collections: CDC, WHO, CMS
Map of the coronavirus outbreak
View an online dashboard to visualize and track reported COVID-19 cases on a daily timescale.
Clinical information
CDC guidance
Persons under investigation
—Evaluating and Reporting PUI Guidance
—Reporting a PUI or Laboratory-Confirmed Case for COVID-19
Clinical care and treatment
—Therapeutic Options for patients with COVID-19
—ASPH Assessment of Evidence for COVID-19-Related Treatments
—Disposition of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-2019
—Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Guidance
Infection control
—Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19
—Guidance and Resources on Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment
—Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE
—Frequently Asked Questions about Personal Protective Equipment
Health care personnel with potential exposure
Clinics & health care facilities
—Resources for Clinics and Healthcare Facilities
—Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes
Home care
—Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization
—Preventing COVID-19 from Spreading in Homes and Communities
—Disposition of Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
—Interim Guidance for Discontinuation of In-Home Isolation for Patients with COVID-19
—Discontinuation of In-Home Isolation for Immunocompromised Persons with COVID-19 (Interim Guidance)
AMA COVID-19 featured resources
Map of the coronavirus outbreak
View an online dashboard to visualize and track reported COVID-19 cases on a daily timescale.
AMA guides & resources
Updated April 4, 2020
AMA featured guidance
—AMA COVID-19 Guides for health care professionals
Comprehensive listing of AMA guidance on various topics such as telemedicine and resources for physicians, resident and medical student, caregivers, private practices and more to help health care professionals treat and manage COVID-19.
—AMA Physician's Guide to COVID-19
This is a quick start guide that provides information on how to prepare your practice, address patient concerns and answer your most pressing questions from curated trusted sources, such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, JAMA and the World Health Organization.
—COVID-19 frequently asked questions
The FAQs provide evidence-based perspectives from AMA’s physician leaders and subject matter experts to answer physicians’ top questions.
AMA News and Media
—Follow the AMA news coverage on COVID-19
—Read the latest AMA COVID-19 media and press releases
Additional guides
CPT Coding
Health systems & private practices
—Caring for caregivers during COVID-19
—AMA quick guide to telemedicine in practice
—Helping private practices manage non-essential care
—Tips for keeping your practice in business during the COVID-19 pandemic
—Managing mental health during COVID-19
Medical Education
—AMA guiding principles to protect learners responding to COVID-19
—Medical education COVID-19 resource guide
Senior physicians
AMA COVID-19 featured resources
Map of the coronavirus outbreak
View an online dashboard to visualize and track reported COVID-19 cases on a daily timescale.
Advocacy
Every day, the AMA is fighting to remove the obstacles physicians face while confronting the COVID-19 pandemic. The AMA is listening to physicians and will continue to channel their collective voices into action.
Featured topics
AMA COVID-19 featured resources
Map of the coronavirus outbreak
View an online dashboard to visualize and track reported COVID-19 cases on a daily timescale.
Medical ethics
AMA COVID-19 featured resources
Map of the coronavirus outbreak
View an online dashboard to visualize and track reported COVID-19 cases on a daily timescale.