Rural Healthcare Surge Readiness: Space

Strategies, techniques, and tools to augment and/or transform existing facility space and create new functional areas to prepare for and respond to COVID-19.

Focus on information for:

EMS, Pre-Hospital, and 911

Inpatient and Hospital Care

Ambulatory Care

Long-Term Care

Key Resources

Alternate Care Site (ACS) Toolkit (Third Edition)
Date: 06/2020
Sponsoring Organization: COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force
Hospital Operations Toolkit for COVID-19
Training
Date: 09/2022
Sponsoring Organization: COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force
Medical Operations Coordination Cells (MOCC) Toolkit (Second Edition)
Date: 11/2021
Sponsoring Organization: COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force, ASPR TRACIE

Additional Resources

CMS: Current Emergencies: Coronavirus Disease 2019
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring Organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)