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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.
Latest AMA news and media coverage
—Follow the AMA news coverage on COVID-19
—Read the latest AMA COVID-19 press releases
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 video updates
Upcoming virtual events
June 1-8, 9 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. CT: COVID Innovations: How is your practice working to rapidly address mental health care needs?
Join the AMA discussion and engage with expert panelists, learn & share best practices and discuss how COVID-19 has affected behavioral health within your practice for you and your patients.
May 22, 11:30-1 p.m. CT: CMS COVID-19 Lessons from the Front Lines
This week’s Lessons from the Front Lines from the CDC will highlight a discussion on COVID-19 therapeutics with FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD, and providers in the field. Register for the event.
May 22
—AMA releases COVID-19 FAQs: guidance for medical students to address impact of COVID-19 on medical education, well-being, mental health and how to get involved during the pandemic.
—CDC released and revised COVID-19 guidelines on caring for newborns:
—Evaluation and Management Considerations for Neonates At Risk for COVID-19
—Considerations for Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings
May 21
—AMA held the latest installment of the Prioritizing Equity series, exploring the ways COVID-19 may uniquely impact Native communities across the country. View the recording.
May 20
—AMA provided a summary of the "Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act” (HEROES Act): HEROES Act: What physicians and medical students need to know
May 19
—AMA Journal of Medical Ethics released its latest video edition of Ethics Talk: Immunity Status, Social Privilege, and the Novel Coronavirus.
—JAMA held a livestream Q&A with U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD. Watch the recording.
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
Find clinical guidance from the CDC, AMA and other health and medical research organizations.
Persons under investigation
—Evaluating and Reporting PUI Guidance
—Reporting a PUI or Laboratory-Confirmed Case for COVID-19
Serology testing
—IDSA COVID-19 Antibody Testing Primer
—Serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Clinical care and treatment
—NIH Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines
—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
—Ten Clinical Tips on COVID-19 for Healthcare Providers Involved in Patient Care
Newborns and children
—Evaluation and Management Considerations for Neonates At Risk for COVID-19
—Considerations for Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings
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
—Mini webinar training series for frontline long-term care and nursing home staff:
—Sparkling Surfaces
—Clean Hands
—Closely Monitor Residents
—Keep COVID-19 Out!
—PPE Lessons
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
Latest AMA news and media coverage
—Follow the AMA news coverage on COVID-19
—Read the latest AMA COVID-19 press releases
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 video updates
AMA guides
General
—AMA COVID-19 Guides for health care professionals
—AMA Physician's Guide to COVID-19
—COVID-19 frequently asked questions
—COVID-19 volunteer guide for health care professionals
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
—Financial and business operations during COVID-19: Guidance for physicians
—Prior authorization (PA) policy changes related to COVID-19 (PDF)
—Making tough decisions: Managing the practice’s employee costs
—Navigating physician employment during COVID-19 article series:
—Evaluate your options
—Understand employer flexibilities
—Know your rights
—Working from home during COVID-19 pandemic—what physicians need to know (PDF)
—Creating a resilient organization for health care workers during a crisis
Health equity
—COVID-19 FAQs: Health equity in pandemic
—COVID-19 health equity resources
—States tracking COVID-19 race and ethnicity data
International medical graduates
—COVID-19 FAQs: Guidance for international medical graduates
Senior physicians
—Senior physician COVID-19 resource guide
Medical education: Residents, medical students and faculty
—Medical education COVID-19 resource guide
—AMA guiding principles to protect learners responding to COVID-19
—Guiding principles to protect resident & fellow physicians responding to COVID-19
—COVID-19 resources for medical educators
—Loan and grant info for residents & medical students during COVID-19
Medical students
—COVID-19 FAQs: Guidance for medical students
Women in medicine
—COVID-19 resource guide: Women in medicine
Serology testing
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.
Federal and state advocacy topics
—COVID-19: Advocacy Progress Report
—Policy options for states to address COVID-19
—CMS payment policies & regulatory flexibilities during COVID-19 emergency
—Liability protections for health care professionals during COVID-19
—COVID-19 policy recommendations for OUD, pain, harm reduction
—Patient care for SUD, mental illness, chronic pain during COVID-19
—Taking action on opioid use disorder, pain & harm reduction during COVID-19
—Summary of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (COVID 3.5)
—Liability protections for health care professionals during COVID-19
—AMA resources to help states respond to COVID-19
—Serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
—HEROES Act: What physicians and medical students need to know
"Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security" (CARES) Act article series
—What the CARES Act means for physicians & medical students
—CARES Act: Medicare’s COVID-19 advance payment program FAQs
—CARES Act: Medicare advance payments for COVID-19 emergency
—CARES Act: AMA COVID-19 pandemic telehealth fact sheet
—CARES Act: Loans & other financial assistance for physician practices
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 Journal of Ethics® videocast
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks with Kathryn Olivarius, PhD, about how yellow fever epidemics during the antebellum South provide insights into today's health inequities during COVID-19.
Ethics pandemic guidance series
Read articles based on the AMA Code of Medical Ethics to guide physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—AMA Code of Medical Ethics—pandemic guidance
—Prescribing medications responsibly in a pandemic
—Providing patient care remotely in a pandemic
—Fair access to limited critical care resources
—Clinical research versus patient care: Conducting clinical trials
—Caring for patients at the end of life
—Clinical research versus patient care: Access experimental treatment
—Restrictive covenants and care in a pandemic
—Graduating early to join the workforce
—Crisis standards of care: Guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics
—Speaking out on issues adversely affecting patient safety in a pandemic
—Access and health equity during a pandemic
—Obligations to protect health care professionals
—Use of patient registries during public health emergencies
—Protecting public health & vulnerable populations in a pandemic
—Research ethics in a public health crisis
—Physicians in the media: Responsibilities to the public and the profession
—Ethical practice in isolation, quarantine & contact tracing
—Vaccine trials & healthy volunteers
—DNR orders in a public health crisis
—Prioritizing the rest of health care in a public health crisis
News and media
—Explore AMA news articles on COVID-19 ethics guidance
AMA Journal of Ethics podcast and videocast
—Ethics Talk: Disability Community Perspectives on COVID-19
—Ethics Talk: Health Equity After COVID-19
—Ethics Talk: COVID-19 Pandemic Response
—Ethics Talk: What Are Clinicians’ Obligations to Patients Who Express Bias or Discrimination?
—Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed?
—Ethics Talk: Exempting Vaccinations - An Interview with Dr. Richard Pan, Special Podcast
—Ethics Talk Videocast: Caring for Incarcerated Individuals During COVID-19 Pandemic
—Ethics Talk Videocast: Advance Care Planning and End-of-life Care in the COVID-19 Era
—Ethics Talk Videocast: Caring for Homeless People During COVID-19 Pandemic
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.