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#CDCTRAVELNOTICE: #Coronavirus in most of #Europe. CDC recommends avoiding all nonessential travel to most of Europe. More information: bit.ly/33cPoUB.

HHS waives penalties for the use of non-HIPAA compliant video chatting services, like FaceTime and Skype, for telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak (@alfredwkng / CNET) cnet.com/news/us-waives… techmeme.com/200317/p26#a20…

Be brave. Be bold. Make difficult decisions on limited information and be prepared to change course quickly and boldly. There is no roadmap for this. Listen and learn. Forgive others’ mistakes. And your own. This storm will pass.

How short are Seattle hospitals of protective equipment? Workers at Providence are hitting up craft stores and Home Depot for raw materials and assembled 500 homemade masks as patients keep streaming in and supplies run out. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by @ben_elgin John Tozzi

It means a lot to see non-Asians condemning racism against Asian Americans. It's something we should remember if we're ever tempted to claim that "no one cares about anti-Asian racism"—we do have lots of allies, and we owe other BIPOC the same solidarity.

Have you tried our Ventilator Simulator? This tool allows users to take care of virtual patients without having to actually be in the intensive care unit. All you need is computer with an internet connection. (Note: must enable Flash) openpediatrics.org/assets/simulat… #COVID19 #PedsICU

Getting essential equipment in the hands of medical pros is a critical step in the fight against #COVID19. Increased access to personal protective equipment is vital to maintaining the health and safety of health care workers and their patients. spr.ly/60111sNjS #GetMePPE

We’ve received FDA emergency use authorization and are immediately shipping 150,000 RealTime SARS-CoV-2 EUA tests for COVID-19. We’ll ramp up to a million tests per week by the end of the month: abbo.tt/3b8bASF 1/2

As a MICU pharmacist taking care of COVID patients, one strategy I’ve implemented to minimize the number of times a nurse needs to enter the room (thus saving PPE) is to consolidate and bundle all medication due times. For example... 1/5

Am I Part of the Cure or Am I Part of the Disease? Keeping Coronavirus Out When a Doctor Comes Home ⁦Ian Weissman, DO⁩ ⁦Rich Duszak, MD⁩ ⁦Amy K. Patel, MD⁩ ⁦Suzanne Chong MD, MS, FASER⁩ ⁦Sahba Ferdowsi DO (conciergedoc)⁩ ⁦Tirath Patel, MD⁩ ⁦CancerGeek⁩ nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

“There’s not a single place I’ve talked to that has said we have plenty of masks—not a single one. They are really intended to be single use, and we are already talking about how to safely use them maybe five times,” Dr. Jaquis said. wsj.com/articles/hospi…

Today we received at ⁦GradyHealth⁩ a donation of PPE used for ⁦The Resident⁩ When you don’t think miracles exist they magically happen. During #COVID19 supply of PPE is low everywhere but people are being creative and generous. Thanks guys!

There is a need to preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), beds, & ventilators & reduce potential increase to exposure, providers should consider whether elective surgeries and procedures can be delayed so they can respond to more urgent cases during the #COVID19 outbreak.

The number of cases of #covid19 in NY (3074) has reached the point that if NY were a country, it would rank 9th on the list for total infections. #coronavirus.

There is good news like this every day. The level of industry and innovation happening around us should give everyone hope. A serological assay to detect SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in humans | medRxiv medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

We must develop tools for this fight: 1. Point of care diagnostics for rapid identification 2. Antibody that could be prophylaxis for healthcare workers, those at greatest risk 3. Massive sentinel surveillance program 4. Direct acting antiviral drug for treating advanced disease

HOW VULNERABLE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE? Public health expert Dr. Alok Patel speaks with our Kenneth Moton on how the coronavirus may present a bigger threat to younger people than previously thought.

“In an effort to facilitate imaging-focused health policy research by others, the Neiman HPI is now making our estimates of the number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries publicly available. ” dooz.us/2IXOuCe

Media reporting of suicide, especially celebrity suicides, is associated with increases in suicide in the general population, particularly by the same method as used by the celebrity, finds an analysis of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today ow.ly/6PvQ50yNYlC