Research Guides: Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Research Guide: Clinical, Laboratory, and Infection Control Resources

Clinical Information for Health Care Professionals

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Guidelines, GW
Guidelines, Other
Master Protocol Sites
Ethics and Patient Rights
Telemedicine

Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to acute and critical care
Cochrane Library Special Collection
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Five Minute Consult
Wolters Kluwer, includes CME
Clinical management of COVID-19 patients: living guideline (WHO)
View via MAGICapp
Option to subscribe via email to guideline updates
COVID19 Recommendations
Search or use the living map to find COVID-19 guidelines and recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, infection control, etc.
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From Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Critical Care Primer: Resources for Non-ICU Clinicians
Research Guide from Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
Features, Evaluation and Treatment Coronavirus COVID-19
StatPearls review article, updated October 2022
Lippincott COVID-19 Resources
Advisor, procedures, and nursing resources
Mild or Moderate Covid-19
New England Journal of Medicine, Updated October 2020
COVID-19 from DynaMed
Includes diagnostic, management, and epidemiological information and resources
Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service
The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine has committed its skills and expertise in evidence synthesis and dissemination to the effort against the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Guidelines, GW

See all current guidance and protocols at COVID-19: GW Health Updates

Guidelines, Other

ACEP COVID-19 Field Guide
American College of Emergency Physicians
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This resource is a compilation of what we know now on the evaluation and treatment of COVID-19. It is a living document that will be updated as new information, guidance, and best practices evolve.
CAPC COVID-19 Rapid Response Resources Hub
Center to Advance Palliative Care resources for health professionals and patients and families
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) technical guidance: Patient management
World Health Organization
COVID-19 Guidelines Dashboard
Aggregates guidelines for COVID-19 care from leading global health authorities and consolidates them into a single recommendation based on concordance.
ECRI COVID-19 Resource Center
ECRI is the new guidelines.gov - the latest information and life-saving resources available to help hospitals, ambulatory care, and aging care facilities protect healthcare workers, residents, and patients.
Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on Treatment and Management of COVID-19
updated Jun 3, 2021; includes links to Part 2: Infection Prevention and Part 3: Diagnosis
Information for Pediatric Healthcare Providers, CDC
A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
Rochwerg Bram, Agoritsas Thomas, Lamontagne François, Leo Yee-Sin, Macdonald Helen, Agarwal Arnav et al. A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 BMJ 2020; 370 :m3379
Relief Central COVID-19 App
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Full-text offline access to Coronavirus Guidelines, World Factbook, CDC Yellow Book, Field Operations Guide, Psychological First Aid (PFA), Relief News Updates, and CoRespond Emerging Topics.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: COVID-19 Guidelines
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Master Protocol Sites

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines, NIH
NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel, updated continuously
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Guidelines developed by federal agencies and professional societies. Guidelines given rating for strength of recommendation and quality of evidence.
Brigham and Women's Hospital COVID-19 Protocols
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COVID-Protocols app available at https://himmelfarb.gwu.edu/apps/covid-protocols.cfm
UCSF Health COVID-19 Clinical Resources

Ethics and Patient Rights

AMA Code of Medical Ethics: Guidance in a Pandemic
Coronavirus Ethics and Policy Insights and Resources
Berman Institute for Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
Epidemic Ethics: Research, Preparedness and Response
From Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN)
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PHEPREN is a global community of bioethicists building on pre-existing expertise and resources to provide real-time, trusted, contextual support to communities, policy makers, researchers, and responders in relation to the ethical issues arising out of global health emergencies, with a current focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions & Guidelines for Institutional Ethics Services Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Hastings Center, March 16, 2020
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
NEJM, March 23, 2020
HIPAA and COVID-19
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has provided guidance that helps explain civil rights laws as well as how the HIPAA Privacy Rule allows patient information to be shared in the outbreak of infectious disease and to assist patients in receiving the care they need.
A Webinar Series on COVID-19 Ethical Concerns
Bioethics Interest Group, GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Telemedicine

AMA Telehealth Quick Guide
Practice implementation, coding, and links to other helpful resources.
Telehealth to Support Primary Care During COVID-19
Part of webinar series from the GW Mullan Institute on Emergency Workforce Policies to Address COVID-19
TelemedInsights
A “self-serve” curriculum for health sciences students and residents to fulfill telehealth curricular requirements, and for clinicians who need training on telehealth. From Wolters-Kluwer