Kailes, J.I. 2020 This guide describes how emergency managers can integrate participants with disabilities into disaster preparedness exercises, including finding qualified experts on disability, incorporating real actors with disabilities, and using a location that is accessible. Read More
Emergency Management for Ambulatory Surgical Centers Chapter 15 2018 Edition
Keyes, B. and Crouch, J. 2018 Emergency Management for Ambulatory Surgical Centers Chapter 15 2018 Edition. A power point presentation webinar. Read More
Appendix A: NHSS Statutory Requirements National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) 2023-2026
Every four years, Congress directs HHS to prepare three documents: – NHSS Strategy – Implementation Plan – Evaluation of Progress of the previous NHSS. The Strategy document and accompanying Implementation Plan are required to describe potential emergency health security threats and identify the process for achieving the preparedness goals of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, and to identify and …
HHS Telemedicine Hack Resources to Enhance Ambulatory Providers’ Telemedicine Implementation
Handbook, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response 2020 HHS Telemedicine Hack: Resources to Enhance Ambulatory Providers’ Telemedicine Implementation. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Read More
Ambulatory Clinic Exercise Resources
2019 This ASPR TRACIE TA response includes exercise templates for a small, outpatient ambulatory care clinic (e.g., tornado, wildfire, and evacuation/shelter in place). Read More
Supporting Children with Disabilities: Lessons from the Pandemic
Hammers Forstag, E. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2022 This book, based on a workshop convened by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, examines which policies and practices implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic could be continued beyond the pandemic to encourage the support of children with disabilities. The authors discuss telehealth, supporting online learning, and home healthcare …
Exercise Requirements for an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
ASPR This ASPR TRACIE TA response provides feedback from the CMS related to requirements on exercises for an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) while the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration is still in place. Read More
Outpatient Specialty Care and Primary Care Clinical Pathway for Screening Children with Suspected 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease
Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia 2023 This algorithm provides evaluation and testing guidance for possible COVID-19 disease in an ambulatory setting. Read More
Standards Revisions for Emergency Management Final Rule in Ambulatory Health Care
Joint Commission. 2017 This resource provides revised standards for compliance with the CMS EP Rule, specific to ambulatory health care. Read More
Listening Sessions with Disability Stakeholders in Disaster Impacted Areas
HHS Department of Homeland Security. 2019 The to summaries from a series of listening sessions conducted by the DHS for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The purpose of these sessions was to identify concerns resulting from experiences related to the impact of disasters on individuals with disabilities in various geographic areas, as well as …