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What COVID-19 Continues to Teach Us about Hospital Culture

Situated in the heart of Westchester County and just outside of New York City, White Plains Hospital was among the first hospitals in New York to face the COVID-19 pandemic during the early days of 2020, back when there were many unknowns.

Letter to HHS on Post PHE 96 Hour Rule Enforcement

We write to share our concerns about Critical Access Hospitals’ (CAHs) ability to continue providing high quality care to rural Americans after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires.

Digging into the Reasons for Puerto Rico’s Successful COVID-19 Response

With over 95% of the population receiving at least one dose of the vaccine – and nearly 84% fully vaccinated – we were interested in learning how Puerto Rico had been so successful at mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Amicus Brief in 6th Circuit Case on PREP Act Immunity 

The AHA today joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Medical Association in urging the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court decision that refused to allow a case involving the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 to proceed in federal court and sent it back to state court for further proceedings.       “Over a decade ago, Congress recognized the possibility of a nationwide public health emergency much like COVID-19, and expressly provided certain protections for those on the front line of responding to it, in the PREP Act,” the friend-of-the-court brief (LINK) states. “…Rather than leave the adjudication of disputes arising from a national emergency response to disparate state courts across the country, Congress established an exclusive federal remedial scheme and expressly preempted state law that might interfere with that scheme.” 

Virginia Hospital’s COVID-19 Triage Model May Pay Dividends Even after the Pandemic

Virginia-based Inova Fairfax Hospital developed an innovative approach to address these issues by implementing what it calls Provider-Only Patient (POP) protocols for patients suspected of having COVID-19.
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H-ISAC Coronavirus Daily Update August 9, 2021

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H-ISAC TLP GREEN: Coronavirus Daily Update August 10, 2021

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HHS issues report on COVID-19 effect on health care workforce

A recent federal report details the extreme stress the COVID-19 pandemic put on the health care workforce.

CDC launches center to forecast outbreaks

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the launch of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA).