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Managing Pandemics with Health Informatics: Successes and Challenges.
Basit, Mujeeb A; Lehmann, Christoph U; Medford, Richard J.
  • Basit MA; Clinical Informatics Center, UT Southwestern, Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
  • Lehmann CU; Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern, Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
  • Medford RJ; Clinical Informatics Center, UT Southwestern, Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Medical Informatics / Data Collection / COVID-19 Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Yearb Med Inform Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S-0041-1726478

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Medical Informatics / Data Collection / COVID-19 Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Yearb Med Inform Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S-0041-1726478