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Yes! Surveillance is in the policy discussion. Now we need to do it. & it's not as bad as the article suggests -- much of the infrastructure is there. It just needs to be hooked up.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/economy/490722-economists-fear-slow-pace-of-testing-will-prolong-recession
cc @aaronecarroll @Farzad_MD @ScottGottliebMD
Yes! Surveillance is in the policy discussion. Now we need to do it. & it's not as bad as the article suggests -- much of the infrastructure is there. It just needs to be hooked up.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/economy/490722-economists-fear-slow-pace-of-testing-will-prolong-recession
cc @aaronecarroll @Farzad_MD @ScottGottliebMD
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& @Farzad_MD already published a roadmap for how to do this:
https://twitter.com/Farzad_MD/status/1245338407854800901?s=20
Unfortunately, many of the hookup are state & local -- and the public health shoe leather infrastructure is also state & local.
& @Farzad_MD already published a roadmap for how to do this:
https://twitter.com/Farzad_MD/status/1245338407854800901?s=20
Unfortunately, many of the hookup are state & local -- and the public health shoe leather infrastructure is also state & local.
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We either go at this locality by locality OR...
Use the @CDCgov & @ONC_HealthIT to better coordinate with @CarequalityNet, @CommonWell, existing lab feeds, existing ED ILI feeds, drop decision support & data collection into EHRs
We either go at this locality by locality OR...
Use the @CDCgov & @ONC_HealthIT to better coordinate with @CarequalityNet, @CommonWell, existing lab feeds, existing ED ILI feeds, drop decision support & data collection into EHRs
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A #COVID19 Manhattan project to enable the USA to return to relative normalcy and economic recovery.
This is not (just) some geeky #HealthIT or #publichealth topic -- it's a critical part of how we get unemployed workers back to work & open shuttered business.
A #COVID19 Manhattan project to enable the USA to return to relative normalcy and economic recovery.
This is not (just) some geeky #HealthIT or #publichealth topic -- it's a critical part of how we get unemployed workers back to work & open shuttered business.
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Yes, we need testing testing testing. But we also need the boots on the ground *ARMED WITH DATA* to fine-tune social distancing & return to work to maximize economic recovery with maximum safety.
cc @chrissyfarr
Yes, we need testing testing testing. But we also need the boots on the ground *ARMED WITH DATA* to fine-tune social distancing & return to work to maximize economic recovery with maximum safety.
cc @chrissyfarr
