Stay informed and updated with the AMA
Call for Ideas—Conserving Supply of Personal Protective Equipment
—JAMA is inviting immediate suggestions. Please help patients and health care workers. 
March 30
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Update: AMA leaders and health care experts talk about efforts to expand telehealth and remove obstacles to this type of care, crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 28
—CMS held its latest call: Lessons from The Front Lines: COVID-19 to discuss COVID-19 therapeutics.
—CDC released a health advisory on severe illness associated with using non-pharmaceutical chloroquine phosphate to treat coronavirus disease 2019.
—AMA released curated guidance based on the AMA Code of Medical Ethics Opinions:
— Conducting clinical trials
— Access to experimental treatment
— Caring for patients at the end of life
March 27
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Daily Update: AMA President, Patrice Harris, MD; Vice President, Undergraduate Medical Education Innovations, Kimberly Lomis; and Vice President, Graduate Medical Education Innovations, John Andrews, MD, discuss the disruption physicians and medical students are facing with COVID-19 and how to deal with the upheaval to their practices, education and training.
—AMA released the following curated guides and info to assist health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak:
— Senior physician COVID-19 resource guide
— Managing mental health during COVID-19
March 26
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Daily Update: AMA President, Patrice Harris, MD; Group Vice President, Professional Satisfaction & Practice Sustainability, Michael Tutty, PhD; and Senior Vice President, Health Solutions, Laurie McGraw, discuss updates regarding COVID-19 including personal protective equipment (PPE), telehealth and CPT.
—AMA released the following curated guides and info to assist health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak:
— Prescribing medications responsibly in a pandemic
— Providing patient care remotely in a pandemic
— Fair access to limited critical care resources
— COVID-19 policy recommendations for OUD, pain, harm reduction
— Patient care for SUD, mental illness, chronic pain during COVID-19
March 25
—Watch the AMA COVID-19 Daily Update: AMA Chair of the Board of Trustees, Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD; Chief Health Equity Officer, Aletha Maybank, MD; and Public Health Expert, Mira Irons, MD, discuss the latest information on PPE as the pandemic continues to evolve.
—The CDC updated criteria for evaluating and testing persons for COVID-19). The update includes revised priorities for testing patients with suspected COVID-19 infection.
—CDC held a call on optimization strategies for PPE.
— The AMA released a guide on CMS payment policies & regulatory flexibilities during COVID-19.
March 24
CDC held a webinar to discuss current information about people who are higher risk for COVID-19 complications.
March 23
—AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, and Chair of the Board of Trustees Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, held a Q&A to discuss how the AMA continues to advocate on behalf of the health care workers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
—JAMA held a live Q&A with Chief of Critical Care Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, Michelle N. Gong, MD, MS. She discusses clinical management of ARDS, procuring diagnostic tests and PPE for her staff and more.