BPHC Bulletin: COVID-19 Survey Changes Next Week

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We continually look for ways to improve the COVID-19 Health Center/Look-Alike Survey and to better align it with shifting data needs. We want to give you advanced notice of some changes that will take place in the survey beginning next week (Friday, April 9).

We’re removing these questions:

  • Question 5: Does your health center currently have walk-up/drive-up COVID-19 testing sites?

  • Question 10: What percentage of health center staff members were unable to work due to COVID-19 (e.g., due to site/service closure, exposure, family/home obligations, lack of PPE, etc.) in the last week?

We’re changing one question:

  • Question 14
    OLD version: How long will your health center have an adequate supply of PPE (e.g., masks, gloves, gowns, etc.) to serve your patients?

    NEW: Does your health center have an adequate supply of PPE (e.g., masks, gloves, gowns, etc.) to serve your patients? [Yes/No (Free text optional)]

We’re adding these new questions:

  • Does your health center currently host mobile/pop-up clinics outside of your health center sites to enhance access to COVID-19 vaccination sites?

    If you reply “Yes” to this question, you will be asked:

  • How many mobile/pop-up vaccination clinics did you host in the last week?

See the current version of the survey. We will update both that page and our Survey User Guide by Friday, April 9.

Questions?

If you have questions about the Health Center Program and COVID-19, please contact Health Center Program Support online. For non-specific inquiries, select “Coronavirus Inquiries (COVID-19)” as the issue type—the third option on the “Health Center Programs Questions” screen. Then select “COVID-19 General Inquiry”—the third option on the next screen.

You can also call Health Center Program Support at 877-464-4772, option 2, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday (except federal holidays).