COVID-19 RESOURCES

PHYSICIAN HEALTH 

• Moral distress and well-being of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study 
  
  a) Call for Participants
  b) Letter of Information and Consent 

• OMA Physician Health Program (PHP)
• OMA-hosted virtual drop-in chats — please log in to OMA.org for details
• Pandemic Acceptance & Commitment to Empowerment Response Intervention for Healthcare Providers (PACER-HCP) 
• Therapists Reactions to Patient Suicide
• Impact of Patient Suicide on Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Trainees 
• OPA Webinar: Coping with Patient and Suicide 
• Drop-in mindfulness sessions for healthcare providers

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

• Back to School Mental Health Kit 
• A Measured Approach to Planning for Surgeries and Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Ontario Ministry of Health — COVID-19 Guidance: Mental Health and Addictions Service Providers in Community Settings
• CPSO Policy: Resumption of Non-Essential Health Care Services 
• OMA Preparing to Resume In-Person Care: A COVID-19 checklist for community-based practices. v.2, Jun 23/20

BILLING

• OHIP Bulletin 4745: Temporary K codes in response to COVID-19 pandemic, effective Mar 14/20
• OHIP Bulletin 4746: Billing for virtual physician services and technical guidance
• OHIP Bulletin 4749: Expanding access to OHIP Coverage and Funding Physician and Hospital Services for Uninsured Patients
• OHIP Bulletin 4750: Virtual Care Billing Codes, effective April 1/20 
• OHIP Bulletin 4756: Funding for services for patients who do not have provincial health insurance during COVID-19, effective March 21/20
• OMA/Ontario MD: Virtual Care Guide for Physicians
• OMA Section on Psychiatry: June 2, 2020: “Update on K083 limits”
• Ontario Ministry of Health Virtual Care Billing Information Manual 

PATIENT CARE

• COVID-19 and the Mental Health Act – Completing a Form 1 for risks associated with COVID-19 
• Ontario Ministry of Health — COVID-19 Guidance: Mental Health and Addictions Service Providers in Community Settings
• Centre for Effective Practice/Upstream Lab/DFCM University of Toronto - Social Care Guidance for supporting people exposed to social risks that impact health, caused or exacerbated by COVID-19

PATIENT RESOURCES

• COVID With Kids – toolkit for coping with kids at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Improving Mental Health During COVID-19
• PROTECH (Pandemic Rapid-response Optimization to Enhance Community-Resilience and Health)

GENERAL COVID-19 INFORMATION

• World Health Organization
• Health Canada – COVID-19 Information
• Public Health Ontario – COVID-19 Health Care Resources
• Disaster Psychiatry Canada Resource List 

How are you coping?  
Canadian scientists have launched a study on the psychological, social, and financial impacts of COVID-19 in healthcare providers.
You can fill out the survey here.