Food for Thought Policy Lecture Series - A Deep Dive into Data Collection and Use During a Public Health Emergency
Collecting data from hospitals during an emergency event is standard practice. Such data helps characterize the event’s associated morbidity and mortality and its impacts to the hospital sector. Findings often directly inform policy and resource decisions. When data collection systems are built thoughtfully and strategically, they become powerful tools for the healthcare community, public health and emergency response agencies, and the political leaders to whom they report. However, when they are not, as has often been the case during COVID, these efforts produce dissonant data sources that can hinder response actions and place an immense burden on hospitals struggling to meet the demands of patient care.
During this session we will explore what data collection has looked like for New York City hospitals throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and how those data have been used by myriad stakeholders. We will wrestle with the complexities, pitfalls, and burdens of data collection systems, and discuss why better systems are needed and how to build them.
Zoom link will be emailed upon registration.
