Development of a Process and Infrastructure to Outreach Stakeholders for Capturing Healthcare System Stress in Emergency Response Situations

Authors

  • Taylor Read Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Elizabeth White Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT;
  • J Perren Cobb University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;
  • Perry Mar Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;
  • Mahesh Shanmugam Partners Healthcare System, Boston, MA;
  • Roberto Rocha Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;
  • Sarah Collins Rossetti Columbia University, New York, NY https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-8867

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v11i2.10048

Abstract

Real time data provided by frontline clinicians could be used to direct immediate resources during a public health emergency and inform increased preparedness for future events.  The [group name removed for blind review], a group of expert critical care and emergency medicine physicians at various academic medical centers across the US, aims to enhance the national capability of rapid electronic data collection, along with analysis and dissemination of findings. To achieve these aims, [group name removed for blind review] created a process for real-time data capture that relies on a curated and engaged network of clinical providers from various geographical regions to respond to short online “Pulse” queries about healthcare system stress. During a period of three years, five queries were created and distributed. The first two queries were used to develop and validate the data collection infrastructure.Results are reported for the last three queries between June 2015 and March 2016. Response rates consistently ranged from 39% to 42%. Our team demonstrated that our system and processes were ready for creation and rapid dissemination of episodic queries for rapid data collection, transmittal, and analysis through a curated national network of clinician responders during a public health emergency. [group name removed for blind review] aims to further increase the response rate through additional engagement efforts within the network, to continue to grow the clinician responder database, and to optimize additional query content. 

Author Biography

Sarah Collins Rossetti, Columbia University, New York, NY

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Nursing

Department of Biomedical Informatics and School of Nursing

Columbia University Medical Center

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Published

2019-09-20

How to Cite

Read, T., White, E., Cobb, J. P., Mar, P., Shanmugam, M., Rocha, R., & Collins Rossetti, S. (2019). Development of a Process and Infrastructure to Outreach Stakeholders for Capturing Healthcare System Stress in Emergency Response Situations. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v11i2.10048

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Original Articles

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