An application to support COVID-19 occupational health and patient tracking at a Veterans Affairs medical center.
J Am Med Inform Assoc
; 27(11): 1716-1720, 2020 11 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-873017
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Reducing risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection among healthcare personnel requires a robust occupational health response involving multiple disciplines. We describe a flexible informatics solution to enable such coordination, and we make it available as open-source software. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
We developed a stand-alone application that integrates data from several sources, including electronic health record data and data captured outside the electronic health record.RESULTS:
The application facilitates workflows from different hospital departments, including Occupational Health and Infection Control, and has been used extensively. As of June 2020, 4629 employees and 7768 patients and have been added for tracking by the application, and the application has been accessed over 46 000 times.DISCUSSION:
Data captured by the application provides both a historical and real-time view into the operational impact of COVID-19 within the hospital, enabling aggregate and patient-level reporting to support identification of new cases, contact tracing, outbreak investigations, and employee workforce management.CONCLUSIONS:
We have developed an open-source application that facilitates communication and workflow across multiple disciplines to manage hospital employees impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Identification Systems
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Software
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Occupational Health
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Health Personnel
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Coronavirus Infections
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Workflow
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Data Management
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Med Inform Assoc
Journal subject:
Medical Informatics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jamia
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