Maintaining and Reopening Healthcare Services
Providing continued service to patients with the expectation of surges and concerns of ongoing safety is one of the challenges healthcare professionals encountered during this pandemic. The following materials provide guidance, toolkits, and action plans on how to overcome these obstacles.
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AMA: A Physicians Practice Guide To Reopening
A guide to allow physicians to continue office practice that provides tips on maintaining safety, implementing adjustments to support processes to provide care, screening patients and includes frequently asked questions.
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Joint Statement: Roadmap For Resuming Elective Surgery After COVID-19 Pandemic
AHA, AORN, ASA, and ACS released a Joint Statement addressing resumption of medical and surgical procedures. The article breaks down each required component, discusses why it is important and offers consideration for each.
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MGMA: COVID-19 Medical Practice Reopening Checklist
As healthcare in Louisiana slowly moves toward reopening, there are many things that need to be done in preparation. This checklist from MGMA is an excellent resource to help guide a physician’s office practice in preparing to reopen to serve the community.
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CMS Recommendations Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-Emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare
A CMS memorandum is discussing expanding care for surge capacity while limiting non-essential care. It provides recommendations for planning, personal protective equipment, workforce availability, testing, and supply capacity.
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Back-to-Work Toolkit: Healthcare Industry
This toolkit includes critical concepts for protecting the health of patients and professionals. Its contents include complying with regulatory issues, workplace safety and employment issues, telehealth, and state and locals and guidelines.
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CMS Re-Opening America: What Patients Should Know About Seeking Healthcare
CMS issued recommendations to help guide patients seeking non-emergency treatment and high-risk patients.
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Best Practices for a Covid-19 Preparedness Plan for Health Systems
This action plan is for health systems to prepare for Covid-19. These actions focus on mitigation, staff support, communication, supply issues and other strains on facilities, and other considerations.