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9/14/2020

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EMERGENCY HEALTH WORKFORCE POLICIES TO ADDRESS COVID-19

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  1. Expanding Scope of Practice
  2. Federal and State Preparations – Focus on 1135 Waivers
  3. Increasing Supply by Tapping Retirees and Other Health Practitioners
  4. Is There a Right to Not Work During COVID-19?
  5. ​Mobilizing Health Professions Students
  6. Telehealth to Support Primary Care During COVID-19
  7. The Importance of Standards
  8. Unique Challenges Facing the Abortion Provider Workforce
  9. Ensuring Access to Behavioral Health
  10. Contact Tracing to Ease Social Distancing
  11. Social Mission of Health Professions Schools
  12. An Opportunity to Build the Public Health Workforce
  13. Data Tool to Calculate Contact Tracer Workforce Need​
  14. Ensuring Access to Oral Health Care
  15. The Ins and Outs of Hazard Pay for Healthcare Workers
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The Ins and Outs of Hazard Pay for Healthcare Workers

9/13/2020

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​Essential health care workers are putting their lives on the line as they treat and attempt to control the spread of COVID-19. This webinar examines the concept of Hazard Pay, defined by the U.S. Department of Labor as “additional pay for performing hazardous duties or physical hardship.” The panel provides a brief overview of current hazard pay proposals, examines the need and impact of hazard pay for low and high wage essential health care workers, and offers an economist perspective and possible approaches.


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Ensuring Access to Oral Health Care

5/17/2020

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This Webinar examines the implications of COVID-19 for the oral health workforce. Speakers address the impact of COVID-19 on dental practices, share innovations - including teledentistry and integrated oral health, primary care, and public health - and discuss implications and policy needs for future practice to ensure oral health care access.

relevant resources
  • American Dental Association Health Policy Institute
  • Harvard University Center for Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health
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Data Tool to Calculate Contact Tracer Workforce Need

5/11/2020

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Moderated by Leana Wen, this session explores the development of the Mullan Institute's Contact Tracing Workforce Estimator tool, the collaboration involved in the development, and the importance of the tool to help county, state, and national public health officials’ plan their contact tracing efforts. Candice Chen, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Mullan Institute describes the impetus for the estimator tool, provides a brief overview of its development, and what it is hoped can be accomplished through its use. Marcus Plescia, 
MD, MPH, of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) talks about the tool’s potential to bring greater awareness of contact tracing to its members with realistic measures of staff volume and mixed workforce, as well as coordination considerations when expanding staffing resources. Chris Aldridge, MSW, at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) discusses the importance of being able to change the tool parameters to see local level needs to help health departments project current and future caseloads.
relevant resources
  • To Strengthen The Public Health Response To COVID-19, We Need Community Health Workers
  • A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact tracing in the US
  • A Coordinated, National Approach to Scaling Public Health Capacity for Contact Tracing and Disease Investigation​​
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An Opportunity to Build the Public Health Workforce

5/11/2020

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Moderated by Lynn Goldman, Dean of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, this session highlights the importance of public health’s role in building stronger communities and considerations for scaling-up contact tracing. Jeffrey Levi, PhD, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health provides a national historical overview of public health workforce spending decline and the potential investments needed to rebuild the public health infrastructure. Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health shares her observations as a volunteer of the DC Health Department, providing an in-depth look into the on-the-ground work by public health workers and the implications of COVID-19 response on other preventative health services. Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and School of Medicine and Health Sciences describes past experiences from the HIV/AIDS epidemic that may help inform the pandemic response.

​relevant resources
  • CDC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
  • Developing a Financing System to Support Public Health Infrastructure
  • A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact tracing in the U.S.
  • A Coordinated, National Approach to Scaling Public Health Capacity for Contact Tracing and Disease Investigation
  • Invisible Soldiers on the Frontlines: The Realities of Contact Tracing
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Social Mission of Health Professions Schools

4/28/2020

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Lawrence Deyton, MSPH, MD, of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences discusses the clinical public health curriculum work at GW and how these principles are being deployed in response to COVID-19. David Edelman, MD, of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons provides a student’s perspective, noting especially how interprofessional students can build on existing structures and relationships to mobilize in a crisis. Veronica Thierry Mallett, MD, MMM, of Meharry Medical College shares community strategies and approaches Meharry has undertaken to improve health equity during the pandemic and future recommendations for health care providers and policy makers.

relevant resources
  • Social Mission Metrics: Developing a Survey to Guide Health Professions Schools
  • GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Curricula and Programs in Clinical Public Health
  • Columbia University COVID-19 Student Service Corps
  • Johns Hopkins Service-Learning Toolkit
  • Black Medical Leaders: Coronavirus Magnifies Racial Inequities, with Deadly Consequences
  • Meharry Medical College COVID-19 Assessment Site Helps Underserved Community
  • Researchers Study Why Men Seem To Be More Affected By COVID-19
  • Global Health 50/50 COVID-19 Sex-Disaggregated Data Tracker
  • KFF Growing Data Underscore that Communities of Color are Being Harder Hit by COVID-19
  • Urban COVID-19: Policies to Protect People and Communities
  • AMA COVID-19 Health Equity Resource
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Contact Tracing to Ease Social Distancing

4/23/2020

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Dr. Michael Fraser, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) provides an overview of the need for contact tracing in the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses the opportunity to build the capacity of the future public health workforce. Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman, Health Officer of the Anne Arundel County Department of Health, outlines the county level approach to contact tracing in Anne Arundel County and presents unique challenges and opportunities of the experience to date.

relevant resources
  • ASTHO Memo to Congress  
  • A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact tracing in the US 
  • A Coordinated, National Approach to Scaling Public Health Capacity for Contact Tracing and Disease Investigation 
  • NACCHO Position Statement on Contact Tracing 
  • NYT: An Army of Virus Tracers Takes Shape in Massachusetts   
  • Modern Healthcare: Reopening could require thousands more public health workers 
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Ensuring Access to Behavioral Health

4/16/2020

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Joe Parks, M.D, Medical Director, National Council for Behavioral Health discusses federal and state policies that enable ongoing access to behavioral health during the COVID19 crisis.  and outlines additional policies that are needed to further support patients and providers during the pandemic. Amelia Roeschlein, DSW, MA, LMFT, and Consultant, Trauma Informed Services discusses resilience techniques and how to support health care providers during the pandemic. The session concludes with a discussion on how we can prepare for a likely surge in behavioral health needs in the coming months. READ SUMMARY 

relevant resources 
Resources
  • ​National Council on Behavioral Health
  • Summary of State COVID-19 Telehealth Policies
  • Trauma-Informed Services Training & Consulting​
Relief Funds
  • Summary of financial relief included in CARES –Access National Council summary here
  • Small Business Administration
    –COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Application
    –Paycheck Protection Program
  • SAMHSA
    –Emergency Grants to Address Mental and Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19
  • FCC
    –COVID19 Telehealth Program
Resilience Resources
  • Compassion Resilience
  • Professional Quality of Life Measure
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Unique Challenges Facing the Abortion Provider Workforce

4/14/2020

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​Alice Mark, Medical Director for the National Abortion Federation, discusses underlying challenges facing abortion providers and how these have been exacerbated by the COVID19 crisis. Heather Shumaker, Senior Counsel for Reproductive Rights and Health at the National Women’s Law Center, explains current state policies and litigation affecting the abortion provider workforce. Jen Villavicencio, OB/GYN and Clinical Lecturer at the University of Michigan, talks about the impact of abortion care policies in Michigan and changes that providers are making to reduce risks of exposure.  

relevant resources
  • NAF Statement
  • NEJM Perspective
  • Physicians for Reproductive Health
  • ACOG Joint Statement
  • NWLC Resource Center
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Mobilizing Health Professions Students

4/9/2020

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​Jo Wiederhorn, MSW, of the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) discusses the early graduation of fourth year medical students in New York State and the proposed roles these new physicians would have in the COVID-19 response. Garrett Chan, PhD, RN, of HealthImpact outlines potential strategies for nursing students in California to aid in the pandemic while also maintaining academic and practice partnerships. READ SUMMARY

relevant resources
  • AAMC Guidance 
  • ACGME Statement on Early Graduates 
  • LCME Guiding Principles for Early Graduation of Final-Year Medical Students
  • NRMP FAQs for medical students, residents, fellows
  • AACOM Students Assist America
  • NCSBN Policy Brief Practice/Academic Partnerships 
  • NCSBN Emergency Response by States and Nurse
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Is There a Right to Not Work During COVID 19?

4/6/2020

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Emergency health workforce policies to address covid-19 video
This session builds on a prior webinar entitled Why Occupational Standards Matter and focuses on the question of whether health personnel have the right NOT to work when they feel their health or their family’s health, or life, is in danger.
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The WHO affirms that employers must "allow workers to exercise the right to remove themselves from a work situation that they have reasonable justification to believe presents an imminent and serious danger to their life or health ..." without undue consequences.

Panelists from three professions - medicine, nursing and home care - discuss the different ways in which they are experiencing tensions between the social mission of their work, on the one hand, and its limits when employers have not provided adequate worker protection, on the other. They also discuss policies and practices that would help alleviate this tension, including child care, housing, and hazard pay. READ SUMMARY

relevant resources
  • Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response
  • WHO  Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Health Workers
  • ANA Nurses, Ethics, and the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?
  • How Many Health Care Workers Are at Risk of Being Sacrificed to COVID-19 in the US?
  • Older Clinicians and the Surge in Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)​
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Increasing Supply by Tapping Retirees and Other Health Practitioners

4/6/2020

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​Lauren Block of the National Governors Association discusses policy strategies that states are using to increase workforce capacity. Jean Moore, director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies in Albany, reports on New York State’s efforts, including the use of retirees and other volunteers, and provides advice to other states as they prepare for the surge from COVID-19. READ SUMMARY
relevant resources
  • National Governor’s Association Memos
  • National Governor’s Association State Action Tracking Chart 
  • State responses from the Federation of State Medical Boards 
  • Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center - COVID-19 Resources
  • NY State Executive Orders 
  • NY State Survey for Health and Related Professionals 
  • Policies to Encourage Rapid Expansion and Making Better Use of New York’s Health Workforce
  • COVID-19: Occupational Licensing During Public Emergencies 
  • 50-State Survey: Temporary Medical Licensure Measures in Response to COVID-19
  • The Respiratory Therapist Workforce in the U.S. Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to Emergency Surges in Demand

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The Importance of Standards

4/3/2020

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This session asks whether national enforceable occupational standards matter, and if so, why the United States has no occupational safety standards for airborne pathogens.  
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The World Health Organization has issued guidance with a list of 13 health worker rights relevant to the COVD-19 pandemics, 8 of which refer to either the right to obtain training in infection control, or the right to appropriate protective gear.  Panelists discuss why issuing a national safety standard is so important to ensuring those rights in the current situation. They also explore why employers and the Trump administration have opposed issuing an emergency standard. READ SUMMARY

relevant resources
  • CDC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
  • COVID-19 Webinar Series Session 4 – Health System Capacity: Protecting Frontline Health Workers
  • How Many Health Care Workers are at Risk of Being Sacrificed to COVID-19 in the U.S.?
  • Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response
  • To Protect the Public, Lawmakers Must help Keep  Healthcare Workers Safe
  • ​Washington ER Physician Removed From Post After Criticizing Hospital's Coronavirus Response
  • What Trump Could Do Right Now to Keep Workers Safe From the Coronavirus
  • WHO Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Health Workers
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Expanding Scope of Practice

4/1/2020

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This session focuses on emergency measures states can take to remove certain restrictions on the scope of practice of a variety of health professions, as a strategy to maximize the current workforce capacity. 

The COVID-19 crisis makes the basic principle of having all personnel working at the top of their education and license especially urgent, both as a way to enhance efficiency and to reduce frustration among health care team members.  Panelists review changes that should be considered and then discuss executive orders already issued by governors in ten states.  READ SUMMARY

relevant resources
  • Council of State Governments
  • UCSF Health Workforce Baseline and Surge Ratio
  • UCSF Healthforce Center COVID-19 Workforce Recommendations
  • There Are Not Nearly Enough Nurses To Handle The Surge Of Coronavirus Patients: Here’s How To Close the Gap Quickly 
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Telehealth to Support Primary Care During COVID-19

3/30/2020

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Sanjeev Arora, MD, discusses how the Project ECHO model is being applied to support primary care providers during this pandemic. Bob Phillips, MD reports on how primary care practitioners are applying emerging telehealth policies and the tough choices practices are making to maintain financial viability with dramatically reduced in-person visits. READ SUMMARY
relevant resources
​Policy:
Center for Connected Health Policy
  • Telehealth Coverage Policies in the Time of COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Related State Actions 
Federation of State Medical Boards
  • State Emergency Declarations and Licensing Waivers
Practice:
American Academy of Family Physicians
  • Using Telehealth to Care for Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
CMS
  • General Provider Telehealth and Telemedicine Toolkit (Updated to reflect COVID-19 related waivers)
Other:
  • American Board of Family Medicine
  • Project ECHO
  • ​Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19
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