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COVID-19 Vaccine Resources

How to Talk to Patients About the COVID-19 Vaccine

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CMA COVID-19 Resources

California Medical Association COVID-19 Resource Page (most comprehensive in the state)
https://www.cmadocs.org/covid-19

California Medical Association COVID-19 Survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CMA_COVID19_SURVEY

California Medical Association COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for Physician Practices
https://www.cmadocs.org/Portals/CMA/files/public/CMA%20COVID-19%20Vaccine%20Toolkit%20for%20Physician%20Practices.pdf

SCCMA COVID-19 Resources

A Message From SCCMA Immediate Past President, Seema Sidhu, MD

County-wide COVID-19 Testing and Plasma Donations

SCCMA COVID-19 Town Hall Recordings

COVID-19 VACCINE TOWN HALL RECORDING
December 22, 2020
COVID-19 TOWN-HALL RECORDING
May 13, 2021
Click Here For Handouts

COVID-19 Informative Webinars

How to Make Handmade Masks

Blue Wrap Mask — Medical Repurposing: How To Make a Mask From Blue Wrap With Video link
https://anest.ufl.edu/clinical-divisions/mask-alternative/

CDC — How to make a simple mask: Use of Cloth Face Coverings To Help Slow The Spread Of COVID-19
https://https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html

DIY Masks: Answers To Your DIY Face Mask Questions, Including What Material You Should Use. Washington Post (April 9th, 2020)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/07/answers-your-diy-face-mask-questions-including-what-material-you-should-use/?arc404=true

How to sew surgical masks

How to make a face shield 

Face mask instructions from Providence St. Joseph Health 

Video — How to Sew A Fabric Mask With Link to Pattern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=Xueb4VHqXQU&feature=emb_logo

Free COVID-19 Medical Journal Articles on SARS CoV-2

CDC COVID-19 Database and Journals 
https://www.cdc.gov/library/researchguides/2019novelcoronavirus/databasesjournals.html

Elsevier Databas of COVID-19 Related Articles 
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center

JAMA Articles, COVID-19 News, Front Lines, Epidemiology, Clinical Management, Emergency Preparedness
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/pages/coronavirus-alert

Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre
https://www.thelancet.com/coronavirus?dgcid=kr_pop-up_tlcoronavirus20

New England Journal of Medicine COVID-19
https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2020/coronavirus-map/

COVID-19 Clinical Trials

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Clinical Trials
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/therapeutic-options.html

COVID-19 News and Updates

COVID-19 Tracking


Latest COVID-19 News from CMA

New COVID-19 vaccines spur major billing and coding changes

Friday, September 22, 2023

AMA recently published new CPT codes that consolidate over 50 previous codes and greatly streamline the reporting of COVID-19 immunizations.

PHC’s COVID-19 vaccine programs supported 4,500 vaccination sites to increase access in underserved communities

Monday, May 15, 2023

PHC has worked closely with the state of California to bring much-needed resources to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in marginalized communities and high-priority health equity areas throughout California.

May 11 marks the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency 

Thursday, May 11, 2023

After three years of pandemic operations, May 11, 2023, marks the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency. According to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), COVID-19 deaths have declined by 95% and hospitalizations are down nearly 91% since the peak in January 2021. 

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