Keep Moving Forward: Health Informatics and Information Management beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Yearb Med Inform
; 30(1): 75-83, 2021 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1392941
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To identify gaps and challenges in health informatics and health information management during the COVID-19 pandemic. To describe solutions and offer recommendations that can address the identified gaps and challenges.METHODS:
A literature review of relevant peer-reviewed and grey literature published from January 2020 to December 2020 was conducted to inform the paper.RESULTS:
The literature revealed several themes regarding health information management and health informatics challenges and gaps information systems and information technology infrastructure; data collection, quality, and standardization; and information governance and use. These challenges and gaps were often driven by public policy and funding constraints.CONCLUSIONS:
COVID-19 exposed complexities related to responding to a world-wide, fast moving, quickly spreading novel virus. Longstanding gaps and ongoing challenges in the local, national, and global health and public health information systems and data infrastructure must be addressed before we are faced with another global pandemic.
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Medical Informatics
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Information Management
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Reviews
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Yearb Med Inform
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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