Global Public Health Database Support to Population-Based Management of Pandemics and Global Public Health Crises, Part II: The Database

Frederick M Burkle; David A Bradt; Joseph Green; Benjamin J Ryan

doi:10.1017/S1049023X20001363

Global Public Health Database Support to Population-Based Management of Pandemics and Global Public Health Crises, Part II: The Database

Prehosp Disaster Med. 2021 Feb;36(1):105-110. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X20001363. Epub 2020 Oct 22.

Authors

Frederick M Burkle^{1

2}, David A Bradt³, Joseph Green⁴, Benjamin J Ryan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Professor (Ret.) Senior Fellow and Scientist, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
² Global Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Dept of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Acting Director of Applied Science, Pacific Disaster Center, Hawaii, USA.
⁵ Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA.

Abstract

This two-part article examines the global public health (GPH) information system deficits emerging in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It surveys past, missed opportunities for public health (PH) information system and operational improvements, examines current megatrend changes to information management, and describes a new multi-disciplinary model for population-based management (PBM) supported by a GPH Database applicable to pandemics and GPH crises.

Keywords: global public health; pandemics; population-based management; public health; triage.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration*
Databases, Factual*
Global Health*
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Public Health*
SARS-CoV-2