Development of the COVID-19 Real-Time Information System for Preparedness and Epidemic Response (CRISPER), Australia

Emma Field; Amalie Dyda; Michael Hewett; Haotian Weng; Jingjing Shi; Stephanie Curtis; Charlee Law; Lisa McHugh; Meru Sheel; Jess Moore; Luis Furuya-Kanamori; Priyanka Pillai; Paul Konings; Michael Purcell; Nigel Stocks; Graham Williams; Colleen L Lau

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.753493

Development of the COVID-19 Real-Time Information System for Preparedness and Epidemic Response (CRISPER), Australia

Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 11:9:753493. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.753493. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Emma Field^{1

2}, Amalie Dyda³, Michael Hewett⁴, Haotian Weng⁵, Jingjing Shi⁵, Stephanie Curtis¹, Charlee Law¹, Lisa McHugh³, Meru Sheel¹, Jess Moore⁶, Luis Furuya-Kanamori⁷, Priyanka Pillai⁸, Paul Konings⁴, Michael Purcell⁵, Nigel Stocks^{9

10}, Graham Williams⁵, Colleen L Lau^{3

11}

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, ANU College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
² Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.
³ School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia.
⁴ The National Centre for Geographic Resources & Analysis in Primary Health Care (GRAPHC), Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
⁵ Software Innovation Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
⁶ School of Computing, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
⁷ UQ Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia.
⁸ Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁹ Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹⁰ Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on InfectiouS Disease Emergencies (APPRISE), The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹¹ Research School of Population Health, ANU College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Abstract

Accurate and current information has been highlighted across the globe as a critical requirement for the COVID-19 pandemic response. To address this need, many interactive dashboards providing a range of different information about COVID-19 have been developed. A similar tool in Australia containing current information about COVID-19 could assist general practitioners and public health responders in their pandemic response efforts. The COVID-19 Real-time Information System for Preparedness and Epidemic Response (CRISPER) has been developed to provide accurate and spatially explicit real-time information for COVID-19 cases, deaths, testing and contact tracing locations in Australia. Developed based on feedback from key users and stakeholders, the system comprises three main components: (1) a data engine; (2) data visualization and interactive mapping tools; and (3) an automated alert system. This system provides integrated data from multiple sources in one platform which optimizes information sharing with public health responders, primary health care practitioners and the general public.

Keywords: data visualization; epidemics; infectious disease; information management; information sources.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Australia / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Humans
Information Systems
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2