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Evidence-Based Health Informatics as the Foundation for the COVID-19 Response: A Joint Call for Action

Andre Kushniruk
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Andrew Georgiou
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Carolyn Petersen
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Charlene Ronquillo
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Chris Paton
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Craig Kuziemsky
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Dari Alhuwail
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Diane Skiba
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Elaine Huesing
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Elia Gabarron
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Elizabeth Borycki
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Farah Magrabi
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Kerstin Denecke
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Linda Peute
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Max Topaz
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Najeeb Al-Shorbaji
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Paulette Lacroix
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Shashi Gogia
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Shinji Kobayashi
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Sriram Iyengar
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Thomas Deserno
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Tobias Mettler
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Vivian Vimarlund
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Xinxin Zhu
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Abstract Background As a major public health crisis, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic demonstrates the urgent need for safe, effective, and evidence-based implementations of digital health. The urgency stems from the frequent tendency to focus attention on seemingly high promising digital health interventions despite being poorly validated in times of crisis. Aim In this paper, we describe a joint call for action to use and leverage evidence-based health informatics as the foundation for the COVID-19 response and public health interventions. Tangible examples are provided for how the working groups and special interest groups of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) are helping to build an evidence-based response to this crisis. Methods Leaders of working and special interest groups of the IMIA, a total of 26 groups, were contacted via e-mail to provide a summary of the scientific-based efforts taken to combat COVID-19 pandemic and participate in the discussion toward the creation of this manuscript. A total of 13 groups participated in this manuscript. Results Various efforts were exerted by members of IMIA including (1) developing evidence-based guidelines for the design and deployment of digital health solutions during COVID-19; (2) surveying clinical informaticians internationally about key digital solutions deployed to combat COVID-19 and the challenges faced when implementing and using them; and (3) offering necessary resources for clinicians about the use of digital tools in clinical practice, education, and research during COVID-19. Discussion Rigor and evidence need to be taken into consideration when designing, implementing, and using digital tools to combat COVID-19 to avoid delays and unforeseen negative consequences. It is paramount to employ a multidisciplinary approach for the development and implementation of digital health tools that have been rapidly deployed in response to the pandemic bearing in mind human factors, ethics, data privacy, and the diversity of context at the local, national, and international levels. The training and capacity building of front-line workers is crucial and must be linked to a clear strategy for evaluation of ongoing experiences.

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hal-04092690 , version 1 (09-05-2023)

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Luis Fernandez-Luque, Andre Kushniruk, Andrew Georgiou, Arindam Basu, Carolyn Petersen, et al.. Evidence-Based Health Informatics as the Foundation for the COVID-19 Response: A Joint Call for Action. Methods of Information in Medicine, 2021, 59 (06), pp.183-192. ⟨10.1055/s-0041-1726414⟩. ⟨hal-04092690⟩

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