COVID-19 Resources for State Leaders
The Council of State Governments
Following natural disasters and in times of national crisis, America’s private sector steps up to aid the states. We are proud of the herculean efforts of CSG Leadership Circle and Associates, our private sector members, as we combat COVID-19 together.
Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: Intuit Helps Support Small Businesses by Launching New Innovations”Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that COVID-19 spreads between people in close contact with each other. Accordingly, Education Week reports that more than 124,000 schools nationwide closed in Spring 2020 to protect students and staff, sending 55.1 million U.S. students home. The decision hit kids in underserved communities hardest; many of them are at risk of falling behind because they do not have devices or reliable internet service at home to access virtual classrooms and learning programs. These tools are key to keeping up with today’s digital world. And in times like this, when traditional classroom learning is not an option, they are a necessity.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Provide E-Learning Support to Parents, Teachers and Students throughout COVID-19 School Closures”Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Following natural disasters and in times of national crisis, America’s private sector steps up to aid the states. We are proud of the herculean efforts of CSG Leadership Circle and Associates, our private sector members, as we together combat COVID-19.
Ancestry, a CSG Associate, is working to gain a deeper understanding of COVID-19 by searching for a genomic component to how people contract and respond to the disease. This information may be useful in the global effort to develop treatments, preventatives or vaccines for the disease.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: Ancestry Uses DNA Database For COVID-19 Research Project”By Maggie Mick, CSG chief advancement officer
Following natural disasters and in times of national crisis, America’s private sector steps up to aid the states. We are proud of the herculean efforts of CSG Leadership Circle and Associates, our private sector members, as we together combat COVID-19.
Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Seattle was one of the first outbreak hotspots in the U.S. of the novel coronavirus in early March. Microsoft, a CSG Associate member, calls the region home and quickly mobilized its resources, people and innovations to battle COVID-19 in its home state, across the country and throughout the world. These efforts include the development of mapping portals to track the virus, support for researchers seeking solutions to the health crisis, utilization of technology to monitor ICU patients and providing technology accessibility to Americans working from home.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: Microsoft Mobilizes During the COVID-19 Pandemic”Following natural disasters and in times of national crisis, America’s private sector steps up to aid the states. We are proud of the herculean efforts of CSG Leadership Circle and Associates, our private sector members, as we together combat COVID-19.
Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Amazon, a CSG Associate, is working around the clock to ensure that, as a company, it is continuing to provide essential services to the people who need it most. Amazon has not only ramped up hiring, increased pay for workers, donated supplies and established a $25 million relief fund, but also created shared solutions for many Americans now working and learning from home.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: Amazon Supports Employees, Customers and Communities During COVID-19 Pandemic”Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
In an effort to keep those in high risk populations healthy and safe, this month CVS Health, a CSG Leadership Circle member, will begin offering drone delivery of medications in partnership with UPS to The Villages in central Florida under the Federal Aviation Administration’s Part 107 rules. The rules allow the authority to operate through the pandemic and explore ongoing needs as they arise after that period. The operation could expand to include deliveries from two additional CVS pharmacies in the area.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: CVS Health begins drone delivery in Florida”Following natural disasters and in times of national crisis, America’s private sector steps up to aid the states. We are proud of the herculean efforts of CSG Leadership Circle and Associates, our private sector members, as we combat COVID-19 together. Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Philips Healthcare, a CSG Associate and a global leader in health technology, and UK HealthCare, the clinical enterprise of the University of Kentucky, announced a collaboration to create Kentucky’s only operating clinical command center for tele-critical care and operational optimization. Leveraging Philips’ acute telehealth platform eCareManager, UK HealthCare is implementing a centralized virtual care model to help providers detect risk of patient deterioration so they can intervene earlier and help improve care outcomes for the organization’s sickest patients. The application of virtual monitoring — eICU — will help aid UK Healthcare’s teams in care provision for COVID-19 patients.
Philips’ eICU program is built around eCareManager, which uses advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to synthesize patient data and deliver actionable insights to support proactive care. Using this comprehensive system, UK HealthCare will provide 24/7 remote monitoring and access to specialists for patients in the neurological, trauma, surgery, post-anesthesia care, medical intensive care, emergency department and cardiovascular patient care venues. The institution also aims to improve bed utilization and patient flow across its 160 ICU beds at two hospitals.
The eICU allows off-site clinicians to monitor ICU patients 24 hours, 365 days a year through audio, video, patient monitoring and predictive analytics technology, allowing remote clinicians to continuously monitor ICU patients for early warning signals or acute problems. These offsite clinicians then interact with bedside physicians and nurses to consult on patient care. One centralized care team can monitor and support a large number of ICU beds across geographical locations. Now, one in eight adult ICU beds in the United States are being monitored through eICU. The eICU is primarily used in rural, community hospitals to ensure proper patient monitoring and care in ICUs where there are clinician/doctor shortages.
Since COVID-19 is predominantly a respiratory illness, patients with more severe cases may require ICU care. eCareManager acuity-based scoring tools monitor a patient’s condition to detect subtle deteriorations prior to becoming adverse events. Predictive AI-enabled algorithms such as Sentry Score, designed to focus on a patients cardiovascular and Respiratory systems, provide clinicians in the telehealth center with predictive insights into those patients with the highest probability of requiring an intervention in the next 60 minutes. As bed availability and critical decisions on patient throughput are required, eCareManager integrates as part of its Clinical Performance Applications Suite the Discharge Readiness Score, a predictive algorithm that provides clinicians objective scoring on a patient’s risk of death or readmission within 48 hours of a planned discharge.
“In these most challenging times, healthcare organizations need digital technology to enhance the patient experience, improve health outcomes, lower the cost of care, and enhance the work-life of care providers now more than ever before,” said Roy Jakobs, chief business leader of Connected Care and member of the Executive Committee at Royal Philips. “Partnering with UK HealthCare to address these concerns for the sickest patients demonstrates Philips’ commitment to deliver unique approaches to help meet the demand of healthcare’s greatest challenges.”
“This partnership is vital to our foundational vision of high value care. Leveraging technology and highly developed clinical algorithms will aid our progressive high-performance health system,” said Dr. Colleen Swartz, vice president for hospital operations at UK HealthCare. “Especially during this time of increased need for very specific isolation and care models in managing COVID-19 patients, the application of virtual monitoring will aid our teams in care provision. Philips is an essential partner in our efforts to progress care across the state.”
“I applaud the launch of Kentucky’s first eICU clinic by CSG Associate member Philips Healthcare and UK Healthcare. It is just this kind of public-private partnership that ensures we properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for modeling collaboration and care,” said Kentucky state Rep. Kelly Flood.
Philips tele-critical care platforms are available around the globe with clinical informatics applications supporting bedside, unit and virtual care delivery models. For more information on how Philips is addressing the Coronavirus, please visit the Philips centralized COVID-19 hub: https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/medical-specialties/covid-19#!=
Following natural disasters and in times of national crisis, America’s private sector steps up to aid the states. We are proud of the herculean efforts of CSG Leadership Circle and Associates, our private sector members, as we combat COVID-19 together. Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: Alkermes Relief Fund to Support People During COVID-19”By Maggie Mick, CSG chief advancement officer
Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Nurses have always answered the call to serve their country and communities during times of crisis, and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is no different. The outbreak has shifted and intensified the advocacy efforts by the American Nurses Association (ANA), a CSG Associate, which represents the interests of the 4 million registered nurses in the U.S.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: Nurses at the Forefront of the Fight Against COVID-19”Following natural disasters and in times of national crisis, America’s private sector steps up to aid the states. We are proud of the herculean efforts of CSG Leadership Circle and Associates, our private sector members, as we combat COVID-19 together.
Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
Esri, a CSG Leadership Circle member, developed a mapping resource to assist states battling the COVID-19 pandemic. As the health crisis evolved this spring, Esri supported users and the community-at-large with location intelligence and geographic information system (GIS) as well as mapping software, services and materials, which are helping state and local governments monitor, manage and communicate the impact of the outbreak. Esri also developed a COVID-19 resource portal containing software, templates for maps and informational products, and support materials including white papers, technical blogs and training content.
Continue reading “CSG Associates in Action: Esri Maps the COVID-19 Outbreak to Assist States”