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This toolkit is a collection of resources that can aid mobile clinics in their response to COVID-19. It includes resources about essential topics like safety and infection control and the “soft skills” necessary to adapt during times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is an evolving situation and best practices may change as new information becomes available. Check back often as more resources are added.

Thank you to The Leon Lowenstein Foundation for funding this project.

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Biden-Harris Administration will cover free Over the counter COVID-19 tests through Medicare

Biden-Harris Administration will cover free Over the counter COVID-19 tests through Medicare

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin covering up to 8 free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests each month starting in early sprint. This new initiaitve will enable payment from Medicare directly to particpating pharmacies to allow Medicare beneficiaries to pick up tests at no cost.

How to Reuse N95, KN95 and Other Disposible Masks

How to Reuse N95, KN95 and Other Disposible Masks

The CDC recently updated it recommendations saying that N95, KN95 and other disposable masks are more effective than cloth masks. The cost can add up! Can you safely reuse them? This article explains the steps needed to resue masks amd can be helpful for your staff to reduce waste and costs -a win win. this might also be helpful to share with cleints who are concerns about cost and avaiability of getting proper masks.

Keep your vaccine card in a safe place

Keep your vaccine card in a safe place

This is a printable poster that reminds us to keep our vaccine record card safe, where we may need to show it, and how to get a replacement if necessary.

You more than just a cloth mask to protect you from the Omicron variant

You more than just a cloth mask to protect you from the Omicron variant

Recent recommendations have stated that wearing just a cloth mask alone is not enough to protect you from the Omicron variant. "We need to be wearing at least a three-ply surgical mask,"

Highlighting The Night Ministry's Innovative Use of Telehealth Technology

Highlighting The Night Ministry's Innovative Use of Telehealth Technology

This week we would like to celebrate the efforts of The Night Ministry’s Street Medicine team of health care providers, social workers, and outreach professionals that bring care directly to medically underserved areas throughout Chicago. The struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a sharp uptick in opioid-related overdoses and deaths, especially amongst Chicago’s local homeless populations.

Guidance for Vaccinating Older Adults and People with Disabilities: Ensuring Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Access

Guidance for Vaccinating Older Adults and People with Disabilities: Ensuring Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Access

As COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts continue, older adults and individuals with disabilities may still face challenges to accessing the vaccine or reaching vaccination sites. These resources from the CDC outline key considerations and examples to ensure more equitable and accessible distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, especially for populations of older adults and people with disabilities.

Guide for Social Media Communications

Guide for Social Media Communications

Social media can be a useful tool to distribute your mobile clinic's messages and engage with the local community. This guide describes strategies and practical steps to increase your media presence on platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Google.

COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids: What Has to Happen First

COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids: What Has to Happen First

"When can my child get vaccinated?" This is a question that is on a lot of people's minds right now. While there is no set timeline for when this can happen, this page from the Boston Children's Hospital explains what is currently in the works for approving the vaccine in children.

Customizable COVID-19 Content for Community-Based Organizations

Customizable COVID-19 Content for Community-Based Organizations

Utilizing social media can help your mobile clinic to spread its message and educate local communities about key COVID-19 vaccine developments.

How Medical Students Can be Effective Advocates on Social Media

How Medical Students Can be Effective Advocates on Social Media

Social media allows professionals in the health care industry to amplify their voices to a much larger audience.

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Communicating and Managing with Empathy in a Time of Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant amounts of stress and struggling for all people across the US. This stress can present itself as distrust, indifference, pessimism, hostility, or even anger.

leadershipFamily VanDecember 16, 2020

Culture, Identity, and the Importance of Self-Reflection

Mobile health care providers work with patients of diverse ethnicities, languages, and backgrounds. It is important to reflect on one’s own identities (including but not limited to race, ethnicity, immigration experiences, gender, and sexual orientation).

racial justice, leadershipFamily VanDecember 16, 2020

Communicating with Patients

When talking with a patient, especially for the first time, it's hard to get the patient to open up and trust you. This guide provides some tips you can follow in order to gain the patient's trust as well as questions to ask in order to get a thorough assessment of the situation.

leadershipFamily VanDecember 7, 2020

Addressing Anxieties: 7 Things Health Care Leaders Can Do Now

Health care leaders, do you want to help assuage the anxieties of your providers, boost morale, and support your team? This pdf from the Minnesota Department of Public Health contains seven concrete actions that you can take right now.

employee wellness, leadershipFamily VanDecember 3, 2020