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

• Regulations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings During the COVID-19 Response (PDF) (Apr. 30, 2020)
• Healthcare Surge Capacity Planning—Modeling as a Decision-Making Tool for Public Health Officials (updated Apr. 3, 2020)
• MS Interim Final Rule Review (updated Mar. 31, 2020)
• Preparing for and Responding to Hospital and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Surge (updated Mar. 23, 2020)
• Postponing Elective Procedures to Increase COVID-19 Healthcare Capacity (updated Mar. 23, 2020)
• COVID-19 Ventilator Use and Allocation: Key Considerations and Examples (updated Mar. 23, 2020)

Blog Posts

• 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)

Press Releases

• Safety, Not Politics, Must Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline (Sept. 3, 2020)