Healthcare Systems Resources

These ASTHO-produced documents focus on the needs of the healthcare system. Documents include topics on hospitals, dialysis centers, long-term care facilities, regulatory waivers and flexibilities, treatment, care and coordination, standards of care, policies of practice and other parts of the healthcare delivery system.

Guidance Documents

Issue Briefs

• State Strategies to Increase Access, Administrative Capacity, and Confidence for COVID-19 Vaccines (May 26, 2021)
• Bounce Forward: Access to Health Services (May 5, 2021)
• ASTHOReport: Partner Coordination Efforts to Strengthen Infection Prevention and Control Practices (April 9, 2021)
• Clinical Workforce Capacity and Surges (Nov. 17, 2020)
• COVID-19 Data Reporting and Technology (Nov. 17, 2020)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Implementation in States and Territories (Nov. 17, 2020)
• Regulations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings During the COVID-19 Response (PDF) (April 30, 2020)
• Healthcare Surge Capacity Planning—Modeling as a Decision-Making Tool for Public Health Officials (updated April 3, 2020)
• MS Interim Final Rule Review (updated March 31, 2020)
• Preparing for and Responding to Hospital and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Surge (updated March 23, 2020)
• Postponing Elective Procedures to Increase COVID-19 Healthcare Capacity (updated March 23, 2020)
• COVID-19 Ventilator Use and Allocation: Key Considerations and Examples (updated March 23, 2020)

Blog Posts

• Resiliency, Communication, and Partnerships: Insights From the de Beaumont Foundation (June 30, 2021)
• Building More Equitable Health, Housing and Human Services Systems Post-Pandemic (May 5, 2021)
• The Need for Modernizing Public Health Data in Responding to COVID-19 (Oct. 8, 2020)
• Transformational Leadership: A Vaccine for Rural Healthcare Delivery (July 23, 2020)
• States Support Rural Hospitals While COVID-19 Highlights Challenges (June 24, 2020)

Podcasts

• Resilient, Accessible, and Affordable Healthcare: Bouncing Forward from COVID-19 (May 4, 2021)

Press Releases

• Public Health Organizations Publish Lessons Learned From the Early Days of COVID-19 Response (Dec. 1, 2020)
• Safety, Not Politics, Must Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline (Sept. 3, 2020)