Health Information Compliance Alert

Industry Note:

Check Out ASPR-TRACIE's Plethora of Telemedicine Resources

If your organization needs help setting up virtual services, formulating a compliance plan, or using your technical tools to better assess COVID-19 and share data, the feds’ emergency prep experts have an abundance of easy-to-use online tools.

Details: The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR-TRACIE) has several tool kits for providers, IT staff, and hospitals that approach both telemedicine and telehealth from different angles.

“This Topic Collection focuses on plans, tools, templates, and other immediately implementable resources to help with COVID-19 preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts, focusing on telemedicine and virtual medical care,” note the online materials.

Some highlights include:

  • Telehealth resources specifically for infectious diseases
  • Long-term nursing telehealth tools
  • Guidance on how to best use telehealth in an emergency
  • Several COVID-19-specific telehealth and telemedicine options

Take a closer look at the offerings at https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/technical-resources/116/covid-19-telemedicine-virtual-medical-care-resources/99.