2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Providing information and updates about COVID-19 for healthcare providers and the community
COVID-19 Screening Tool
(This tool can help you understand what to do next about COVID-19. Let’s all look out for each other by knowing our status, trying not to infect others, and reserving care for those in need.)
LIST OF RESOURCES:
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Resources
Telehealth and Virtual Care
- A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19
- Telemedicine, also referred to as telehealth medicine, is the use of information technology to provide clinical health care from a distance. Stay on top of new developments and the growth of telemedicine with the AMA.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Telemedicine Health Care Provider Fact Sheet
Colorado PH Resources
Information for Health Care Professionals
- Government recommendations for reopening facilities providing non-emergent care
COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers - new interim final rule released on April 30th that further expands the waivers that were released on March 30th - Caring for Yourself & Others During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Managing Healthcare Workers’ Stress
- Managing mental health during COVID-19
- 5 vital lifelines still needed for struggling physician practices
- AMA physician practice guide to reopening
- AMA physician practice financial relief guide
- AMA quick guide to telemedicine in practice
- CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) information for healthcare providers
- UCHealth COVID-19 information for providers
- Colorado Medical Society Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources for physicians
- AMA COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus) resource center for physicians
- CDPHE COVID-19 resources for health care providers and local public health agencies
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) COVID-19 diagnosis code
- CMS has created a dedicated Medicaid.gov COVID-19 resource page which will be continually updated with relevant information, and contains further 1135 guidance through the Medicaid Disaster Response Toolkit
- Medscape Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Government recommendations for reopening facilities providing non-emergent care
Business Resources
- COVID-19 Related Business Technology
- Guide for all Business by Pueblo’s Business Economic Recovery Team Resource
- NeighborWorks Southern Colorado : Community Lending : Emergency Micro-Loan Fund
- Latino Chamber of Commerce: UPDATED COVID-19: Federal & Colorado Support for Small Businesses
- The Greater Pueblo Chamber COVID-19 Business Resources
- Colorado SBDC Covid-19 Small Business Response Resources
- Community Resource Center (CRC) Funding Updates Regarding Covid-19
- Help Colorado Now (HCN) COVID Relief Fund
- CDC: Quick tips & downloads for keeping the workplace, school, home and commercial establishments safe
Trainings During Covid-19
Older Adults, Caregivers and Long-Term Care Services
- Trump Administration Issues Key Recommendations to Nursing Homes, State and Local Governments
- CMS Covid-19 Long-Term Care Facility Guidance
- Patient/Caregiver Guide to Helping
- Colorado Association of Area Agencies on Aging (c4a)
- DHS Adult Programs
- Lockdown Activities for an Elderly Loved One
- In Caregiving, Anxiety Can Be Contagious
- Protecting Seniors Against Coronavirus
Volunteer Resources
- Colorado Covid-19 Innovation Response Team: Medical Professionals for Covid-19 Telehealth Response in Colorado
- Help Colorado Now: Health Care Response Volunteer Sign Up
- Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
- Pueblo County Medical Society: If you are a medical provider and willing to volunteer in either of our local Pueblo County hospitals, please email [email protected]
Wellness Resources
- Friendly Harbor Community Center is offering a Warm Line 8 am to 8 pm daily for those who just need someone to talk to
- CDC: Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19
- Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress: Coronavirus Educational Fact Sheets
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Coronavirus Resources
- American Psychiatric Association COVID-19 Mental Health Resources
- Online Tool to Find Mutual Support Group Meetings with Others in Recovery
- Emotional Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- HelpGuide: Coronavirus Anxiety: Coping with Stress and Fear
- Headspace
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak
- Daily Life and Coping
- Healthline
- The Phoenix: Virtual and Live-Streamed Programs
Physician Wellness
- AMA: Managing Mental Health During COVID-19
- AMA: Caring for our Caregivers During COVID-19
- Sustaining Well-Being of Healthcare Personnel During Coronavirus
- Emergency Responders: Tips for Taking Care of Yourself
- Briefing Note on Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak
- Managing Health Care Workers’ Stress Associated with the COVID-19 Virus Outbreak
- Six Ways to Address Physician Stress During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Resources to Support the Health and Well-Being of Clinicians During COVID-19 Outbreak
- First Responders First: Sustaining Yourself During the Coronavirus Crisis
Veterans and Servicemembers
National Resources
General Public Resources, Guidelines, Articles
- COVID-19 Screening Tool
- This webpage (in English and Spanish) has several PDFs and videos to help families and individuals stretch their food resources and create healthy, delicious meals at home! Recipes and recipe frameworks on the website as well.
- Cooking Matters will be providing 4 Facebook Live events in April
- Pueblo Emergency Status Board: Create an account and engage in information you care about
- Community Resource Guide for Food and Groceries around Pueblo County during COVID-19 Precautionary Period
- Pueblo YMCA offers free child care to critical workers
- Colorado Emergency Child Care Collaborative for individuals whose job involves providing an essential service in the state of Colorado, in need of backup childcare
- 2-1-1 Colorado COVID-19 Information and Resources
- Symptoms & Testing for COVID-19
- CDC advising all Americans to wear a mask
- How to clean your groceries during the Covid-19 Outbreak
- Healthline
- 9 Resources for Coping with Coronavirus Anxiety
- District 60 Updates about Covid-19
- City of Puebo Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)
- A Must For Millions, Zoom Has A Dark Side — And An FBI Warning
Please continue to get important updates and information from the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment.
Pueblo’s COVID-19 hotline remains open at 719-583-4444, as well as Colorado’s CO-HELP 877-462-2911.
Click here for the CDC fact sheet if you get sick with or suspect you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, which could help to prevent the disease from spreading to people in your home and community.
Pueblo County Sheriff’s Emergency Services continues to be updated with Pueblo City and County information: www.puebloemergency.info.
For information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention click on cdc.gov.