Table 1.

Summary of Recommendations

Recommendation	Example(s) of An Ideal Collaborative State
Gather feedback and align priorities	PHAs and HIs convene to discuss planned recommendations and regulations and agree on deliverable metrics and implementation. PHAs should have a forum or venue for soliciting information from HIs, so that recommendations can be updated as data evolve.
Deliver clear and cohesive information to general public and healthcare personnel	PHAs make unified vaccination, testing or treatment plans available to the public, as early as possible. If recommendations for healthcare facilities are different from recommendations for the general public, PHAs should clearly state that as part of any announcement(s).
Re-evaluate regulations routinely	Meetings between PHAs and HIs should be set at regular, predetermined intervals during which information from the field can be presented to help modify recommendations and regulations. Meeting intervals should be adjusted to the pace and evolution of the current crisis—more frequent initially, becoming less frequent when appropriate.
Use local hospital associations as intermediaries	Seek feedback from local hospital associations because they can aggregate suggestions, comments, and observations from HEs and/or HIs anonymously.

Note. PHA, public health agency; HI, healthcare insitution; HE, healthcare epidemiologist.