COVID-19 Resources for the Healthcare and Public Health Community

Healthcare Ready’s Role During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Healthcare Ready helps to strengthen healthcare supply chains through collaboration with public health and private sectors by addressing pressing issues before, during, and after disasters. As a convener of industry and government, we safeguard patient health by providing solutions to critical problems and best practices for healthcare preparedness and response.

This page provides information for the healthcare and public health community.

Healthcare Ready is closely monitoring the following areas related to the COVID-19 outbreak:

• Supply chain operations including demand for pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment, and issues related to workforce, business continuity, and border restrictions.
• Response of the US health system to mitigate the outbreak domestically. Healthcare Ready is working with health systems to understand their concerns and coordinating with federal partners to understand healthcare and public health impacts.
• Global response efforts to contain the outbreak including tracking the impacts of travel advisories and quarantine recommendations.
• Humanitarian assistance efforts to coordinate donations and supplies for where they’re most needed.

BIO Coronavirus Hub

This new hub enables users to post requests for urgently needed items and announce the availability of supplies and capacity. Healthcare Ready is helping to match requests and offers.

COVID-19 Resources for Individuals and Patients

Find COVID-19 information including state-level information on prescription refill waivers, tips to protect yourself from COVID-19, and telehealth coverage policies for COVID-19.

US Measures and Travel Restrictions Map

The US State Measures and Travel Restrictions map tracks emergency declarations, major containment and quarantine zones, state-level access and re-entry programs, stay-at-home orders, and mass gathering limitations

International and Travel Transportation Restrictions Map

The International Travel and Transportation Restrictions Map provides a global overview of measures taken by countries and businesses impacting the movement of people and goods across countries.

Business Continuity Resources for the Supply Chain

Find relevant pandemic business continuity resources for the healthcare supply chain including best practices for disinfection and infection control and guidance for workforce protection.

Healthcare Ready COVID-19 Situation Reports

• COVID-19 Situation Report #1 (February 4, 2020)
• COVID-19 Situation Report #2 (February 14, 2020)
• COVID-19 Situation Report #3 (February 21, 2020)
• COVD-19 Situation Report #4 (February 28, 2020)
• COVID-19 Information for Businesses Situation Report (March 5, 2020)
• COVID-19 Situation Report #5 (March 6, 2020)
• COVID-19 Situation Report #6 (March 13, 2020)
• COVID-19 Situation Report #7 (March 20, 2020)

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Healthcare Sector Resources for COVID-19

Supply Chain Information

• Healthcare Supply Chain During Disasters
  • ASPR TRACIE Partnering with the Healthcare Supply Chain During Disasters
  • Healthcare Ready Disaster Healthcare Supply Chain Fact Sheet
• COVID-19 Resource Centers
  • ASPR TRACIE Coronavirus
  • Biotechnology Innovation Organization Coronavirus
  • Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) Novel Coronavirus Resource Center
  • Northwell Health Frequently Asked Questions about the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Think Global Health Travel Restrictions on China due to COVID-19

Information for Patient Care Settings

• Hospitals
  • American Hospital Association (AHA) Resources on Preparing for COVID-19
  • CDC COVID-19 Hospital Preparedness Assessment Tool
  • CDC Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators
  • CDC Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • WHO COVID-19 Outbreak: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Health Workers, Including Key Considerations for Occupational Safety and Health
• Pharmacies
  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) COVID-19 Resource Center
  • NACDS Prepared – COVID-19
• Dialysis Centers
  • CDC Interim Additional Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities
  • Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Emergency Management Plans

Additional Resources

• Airbnb housing for healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders

Pandemic Planning Guidance

• CDC National Pandemic Strategy
• CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to COVID-19
• WHO Getting your Workplace Ready for COVID-19
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Small Business International Travel Resource
• CDC Guidance for Ships on Managing Suspected COVID-19
• CDC Guidance for Airlines and Airline Crew: COVID-19
• OSHA Protecting Workers during a Pandemic Factsheet

State-Specific Information on COVID-19

COVID-19 Case Maps

• Johns Hopkins Global Case Map
• KFF Coronavirus Tracker
• National Governors Association (NGA) Map of impacted states
• CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US

Emergency Declarations (last updated March 13, 2020 at 8:00pm ET)

• Public Health Emergency
  • Alaska: Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency
  • Connecticut: Declaration of Public Health and Civil Preparedness Emergencies
  • District of Columbia: Declaration of Public Health Emergency
  • Florida: Public Health Emergency Executive Order
  • Indiana: Declaration of Public Health Emergency for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
  • Louisiana: Public Health Emergency
  • New Jersey: Public Health Emergency Executive Order
  • New Mexico: Executive Order Declaring a State of Public Health Emergency
  • Wisconsin: Proclamation Declaring a Health Emergency
• State of Emergency
  • Alabama: State of Emergency: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Arizona: Declaration of Emergency COVID-19
  • Arkansas: Executive Order to Declare an Emergency
  • California: Proclamation of State of Emergency
  • Connecticut: Civil Preparedness Emergency Declaration
  • Colorado: State of Emergency Executive Order
  • Delaware: Declaration of a State of Emergency
  • District of Columbia: Declaration of Public Emergency
  • Florida: State of Emergency Executive Order
  • Hawaii: Disaster Emergency Proclamation
  • Idaho: Proclamation of a State of Emergency
  • Illinois: Disaster Proclamation
  • Iowa: Proclamation of Disaster Emergency
  • Kansas: Emergency Declaration
  • Kentucky: Declaration of State of Emergency
  • Louisiana: Declaration of Emergency
  • Maryland: Declaration of State of Emergency and Existence of Catastrophic Health Emergency- COVID-19
  • Massachusetts: Declaration of a State of Emergency to Respond to COVID-19
  • Michigan: State of Emergency
  • Minnesota: Emergency Executive Order
  • Mississippi: State of Emergency
  • Missouri: State of Emergency
  • Montana: State of Emergency
  • Nebraska: State of Emergency
  • Nevada: State of Emergency
  • New Hampshire: State of Emergency
  • New Jersey: State of Emergency Executive Order
  • New York: Executive Order Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the State of New York
  • North Dakota: State of Emergency
  • North Carolina: Declaration of a State of Emergency to Coordinate Response and Protective Actions to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
  • Ohio: Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency
  • Oregon: Executive Order Declaration of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak in Oregon
  • Pennsylvania: Proclamation of Disaster Emergency
  • Rhode Island: Declaration of Disaster Emergency
  • South Carolina: State of Emergency
  • South Dakota: State of Emergency
  • Tennessee: State of Emergency
  • Texas: State of Disaster
  • Utah: State of Emergency Executive Order
  • Vermont: State of Emergency
  • Virginia: Declaration of a State of Emergency
  • West Virginia: State of Preparedness
  • Washington: Proclamation by the Governor State of Emergency
  • Wyoming: Declaration of a State of Emergency

Other Useful Resources for Understanding COVID-19

Healthcare Ready COVID-19 Resources

• Relevant Healthcare Ready blogs
• Healthcare Ready Twitter

COVID-19 Situation Dashboards and Updates

• Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Global Cases
• CDC Health Alert Network
• CDC Locations with Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Global Map
• CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US
• WHO COVID-19 Situation Dashboard

COVID-19 Sites

• WHO 2019-nCoV
• FDA COVID-19
• CDC COVID-19
• OSHA COVID-19

COVID-19 Travel Advisories

• CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 Information for Travel
• US Department of State (DoS) Travel Advisories

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