Managing Pandemics with Health Informatics: Successes and Challenges.
Yearb Med Inform
; 30(1): 17-25, 2021 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1196868
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The novel COVID-19 pandemic struck the world unprepared. This keynote outlines challenges and successes using data to inform providers, government officials, hospitals, and patients in a pandemic.METHODS:
The authors outline the data required to manage a novel pandemic including their potential uses by governments, public health organizations, and individuals.RESULTS:
An extensive discussion on data quality and on obstacles to collecting data is followed by examples of successes in clinical care, contact tracing, and forecasting. Generic local forecast model development is reviewed followed by ethical consideration around pandemic data. We leave the reader with thoughts on the next inevitable outbreak and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.CONCLUSION:
COVID-19 must be a lesson for the future to direct us to better planning and preparing to manage the next pandemic with health informatics.
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Medical Informatics
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Data Collection
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Yearb Med Inform
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S-0041-1726478
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