How automated hospitalized COVID-19 patient reporting impacted policy at Vancouver Coastal Health

In March 2020, analytical resources within Medicine, Quality, and Safety and Decision Support quickly mobilized to develop an automated report of hospitalized COVID-19 patient in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) that was disseminated daily.

This presentation will cover the following learning objectives:  

1. Explore how the Learning Health System was integrated into COVID-19 reporting among hospitalized cases at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
2. Describe the journey of developing an automated daily hospitalized COVID-19 report among hospitalized cases at VCH
3. Discuss how this daily report and subsequent analyses impacted decision making at VCH and beyond