Additional Resources for Patients and Families

TMF's Nursing Home team lists some common concerns that people give for not receiving the latest COVID-19 vaccine, followed by reasons why being up to date is important.

Why have there been so many COVID-19 vaccines since 2020? This infographic displays how the vaccines have to keep up with COVID-19 variants, starting from the initial variants to the current variants in circulation.

This study examined the association between perceived racial-ethnic inequities in COVID-19-related health care and willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

As "FLiRT" coronavirus variants account for about 77% of infections, COVID-19 cases are ticking upward this summer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. This Becker’s Hospital Review article highlights five important notes about increasing COVID-19 cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines and the updated 2024-2025 flu vaccines to protect against severe COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter. It is safe to receive COVID-19 and flu vaccines at the same visit.

Health care providers can download this colorful flyer to remind patients and family members to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine.

This article suggests that the next viral threat to the United States could result in more illness than was seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This webpage provides downloadable COVID-19 resources from the World Health Organization and Fraser Health that discuss how to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

This infographic from the World Health Organization emphasizes the importance of staying home if infected with COVID-19 to reduce the spread of illness.

In this recorded presentation from the TMF Quality Innovation Network, health care providers get strategies they can use to promote and administer COVID-19 vaccinations within their communities.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs has prepared this fact sheet detailing what will change and what will not with the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, planned for May 11.

This document from the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) informs residents in public housing of the basics for seeking care surrounding COVID-19. It offers additional resources for finding health centers nearby, a helpful FAQs page and information on the Public Charge Rule.

Since the pandemic began, older adults have seen many changes in their lives, health and relationships. This resource identifies how to recognize changes and provides information on the Eldercare Locator that helps older adults, caregivers and families find local services that help address those changes.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for PAXLOVID for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in certain adults and pediatric patients at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death. On July 6, the FDA revised the EUA to let pharmacists prescribe and dispense PAXLOVID to eligible patients without seeing a doctor or other clinician.

Health care professionals from all care settings are encouraged to use the resources listed in this change package to help care for patients at risk of contracting COVID-19.

If you or a family member has a new positive test result for COVID-19 found with a home test kit, please use the online form the Mississippi State Department of Health developed to help track COVID-19 in Mississippi.

What is herd immunity or community immunity? Both phrases mean the same thing. The strategy behind the phrases is to make sure there are enough people in the community who are either not able to catch a disease or not able to spread the disease so that the disease dies out. Listen to this podcast with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF, to learn more.

How does the body defend against infections? How can vaccines improve immunity? Listen to this podcast with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF, to learn more.

We know that when you get a vaccination, it stimulates the production of antibodies. Vaccinations help train our bodies to defend against infectious agents. Listen to this podcast with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF, to learn more.

You may be confused about whether your symptoms are truly allergy related, flu or symptoms of an infection like COVID-19. This flyer helps distinguish the differences.

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adult and pediatric patients when they meet certain criteria.

This communication tool offers fuel-based interventions intended to increase vaccine uptake and friction-based interventions that respond to hidden barriers that hold people back from vaccination.

The Food and Drug Administration has not authorized or approved ivermectin for use in preventing or treating COVID-19 in humans or animals.

Read this update on COVID-19 and the delta variant from Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Clifford Moy, MD, behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute. Share this information with your patients, residents, co-workers, families, friends and your community to help educate everyone on what they can do to reduce infections and hospitalizations.

Listen to this TMF Quality Innovation Networks' webinar recording, featuring Ylda Farré-Rigau, EdD, an American Red Cross Community Volunteer Leader and former professor at The University of Puerto Rico, to learn three steps for seniors to follow to be better prepared for emergencies.

Listen to this podcast from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health to hear two interviews with experts whose work straddles the lines between medicine, community outreach and health communications. Learn about initiatives in Central Texas that are helping to educate people about the COVID-19 vaccines and gain their trust.

If you or someone you know believes they may have been infected with COVID-19, use this zone tool to help decide when to see a medical professional and how to take care of yourself at home while recovering.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity has released two videos that speak to the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, how communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and how it is important to get vaccinated to protect themselves and loved ones from the virus. The videos are available in English and Spanish.

PREPARE for your care offers tips and planning guides to help make a medical plan that will help you, your family, friends and your medical providers.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights lists answers to questions about COVID-19 and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule disclosures in this document.

See the VA Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) web page for COVID-19-related information.

American Association on Health and Disability provides COVID-19 resources for people with disabilities.

Administration for Community Living Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

SAMHSA recognizes the challenges posed by the current COVID-19 situation and is providing the following guidance and resources to assist individuals, providers, communities and states across the country.

The National Association of the Deaf provides COVID-19 Telehealth guidelines for deaf and hard of hearing patients.

This one-page tip sheet lists creative ideas for patients to do while at home.

This one-page guide gives patients and health care professionals creative ideas to keep their kids engaged and limit screen time.

This one-page handout provides parents tips on how to talk to kids about the new coronavirus (COVID-19).

This handout for patients lists tips to help take care of your body and address worries and anxiety.

This handout for patients shares ideas for staying connected and healthy during social isolation. This handout includes a list of recommendations for how to take care of your emotions and body, how to stay in touch with others and warning signs to be aware of.

This handout gives your patients tips to care for their bodies and tips they can follow to address their worries and anxiety.

This five-minute video offers a step-by-step mask-wearing how-to, along with some do's and dont's.

Follow the CDC's do's and don'ts to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 in parks and recreation areas.

Aledade created a website with the latest information that practices need to know to take care of their patients.

The Social Security Administration is warning Medicare beneficiaries that scammers may try to use this pandemic to steal their Medicare number, banking information or other personal data.

Here are tips and information from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors to protect yourself and your family.

April 16, 2020, webinar by TMIT Research.

Updated numbers from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas Department of State Health Services.

This guide is published by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

If you or someone you know believes they may have been infected with COVID-19, use this zone tool to help decide when to see a medical professional and how to take care of yourself at home while recovering.

Listen to this TMF Quality Innovation Networks' webinar recording, featuring Ylda Farré-Rigau, EdD, an American Red Cross Community Volunteer Leader and former professor at The University of Puerto Rico, to learn three steps for seniors to follow to be better prepared for emergencies.