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A 'COVID Compass' for navigating the pandemic.

Authors :
Oliver BJ
Schmidt P
Tomlin S
Kraft SA
Fisher E
Nelson EC
Source :
International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care [Int J Qual Health Care] 2021 Nov 29; Vol. 33 (Supplement_2), pp. ii78-ii80.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Introduction: The greatest challenge confronting political, public health, business, education and social welfare leaders in the COVID pandemic era is to restore the economy, businesses and schools without further risking public health. The 'COVID Compass' project aims to provide helpful information to guide local decisions by tracking state and local policies over time and their impact on a balanced set of outcomes-health metrics, economic trends and social hardship indicators.<br />Methods: We selected a parsimonious set of 'local level' health, economic and hardship outcomes and linked them to 'local level' actions aimed to decrease COVID-19 health effects and to mitigate hardship for people, businesses and the economy. Data trends will be released frequently (e.g. weekly and monthly) to show changes in health economic and social hardship 'outcomes' (based on quantitative data), alongside policy, health care, public health and individual/social 'actions' (based on both qualitative and quantitative data).<br />Results: Work on initial analytic and visualization prototypes of the COVID Compass is currently in progress at national, state and local levels.<br />Conclusion: Building a national, regional and local integrated database platform that captures upstream policies, actions and behaviors and links them to downstream health, economic and social hardship outcomes will offer a more comprehensive view of the data necessary for decision-makers and citizens to more effectively and intelligently monitor and mitigate harms caused by the pandemic.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society for Quality in Health Care. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1464-3677
Volume :
33
Issue :
Supplement_2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
34849969
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzab053