When past is not a prologue: Adapting informatics practice during a pandemic.
J Am Med Inform Assoc
; 27(7): 1142-1146, 2020 07 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-600829
ABSTRACT
Data and information technology are key to every aspect of our response to the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-including the diagnosis of patients and delivery of care, the development of predictive models of disease spread, and the management of personnel and equipment. The increasing engagement of informaticians at the forefront of these efforts has been a fundamental shift, from an academic to an operational role. However, the past history of informatics as a scientific domain and an area of applied practice provides little guidance or prologue for the incredible challenges that we are now tasked with performing. Building on our recent experiences, we present 4 critical lessons learned that have helped shape our scalable, data-driven response to COVID-19. We describe each of these lessons within the context of specific solutions and strategies we applied in addressing the challenges that we faced.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Medical Informatics
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Coronavirus Infections
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Electronic Health Records
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Med Inform Assoc
Journal subject:
Medical Informatics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jamia
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