Applications, features and key indicators for the development of Covid-19 dashboards: A systematic review study

Vahedi, Akram; Moghaddasi, Hamid; Asadi, Farkhondeh; Hosseini, Azamossad; Nazemi, Eslam

doi:10.1016/j.imu.2022.100910

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“…This scoping review will provide a descriptive and thematic overview of the purpose; intended audiences; health topics; design elements and characteristics; evidence of the impact of national public health data dashboards; and the processes used for development, implementation, and evaluation. Previous reviews of the literature on this topic have focused on identifying and evaluating key design features of public health data dashboards, but most were limited to a specific health topic, such as COVID-19 [2,12], food and nutrition systems [13], infectious diseases [14], and environmental hazards [15], or were limited in focus to specific design features such as data visualization design [16] or usability and usefulness [4]. By comparison, the planned scoping review will be much broader and comprehensive in terms of the scope of health topics and applications considered, but also in terms of considering different potential goals of data dashboards (eg, alert, educate, and persuade), theories of action (or how dashboards are presumed or expected to work), and outcomes of use (including impact indicators)-and comparing these across different settings and intended audiences.…”

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National Public Health Dashboards: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Yanovitzky,

Stahlman,

Quow

et al. 2024

JMIR Res Protoc

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of robust public health data systems and the potential utility of data dashboards for ensuring access to critical public health data for diverse groups of stakeholders and decision makers. As dashboards are becoming ubiquitous, it is imperative to consider how they may be best integrated with public health data systems and the decision-making routines of diverse audiences. However, additional progress on the continued development, improvement, and sustainability of these tools requires the integration and synthesis of a largely fragmented scholarship regarding the purpose, design principles and features, successful implementation, and decision-making supports provided by effective public health data dashboards across diverse users and applications. Objective This scoping review aims to provide a descriptive and thematic overview of national public health data dashboards including their purpose, intended audiences, health topics, design elements, impact, and underlying mechanisms of use and usefulness of these tools in decision-making processes. It seeks to identify gaps in the current literature on the topic and provide the first-of-its-kind systematic treatment of actionability as a critical design element of public health data dashboards. Methods The scoping review follows the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. The review considers English-language, peer-reviewed journal papers, conference proceedings, book chapters, and reports that describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of a public health dashboard published between 2000 and 2023. The search strategy covers scholarly databases (CINAHL, PubMed, Medline, and Web of Science) and gray literature sources and uses snowballing techniques. An iterative process of testing for and improving intercoder reliability was implemented to ensure that coders are properly trained to screen documents according to the inclusion criteria prior to beginning the full review of relevant papers. Results The search process initially identified 2544 documents, including papers located via databases, gray literature searching, and snowballing. Following the removal of duplicate documents (n=1416), nonrelevant items (n=839), and items classified as literature reviews and background information (n=73), 216 documents met the inclusion criteria: US case studies (n=90) and non-US case studies (n=126). Data extraction will focus on key variables, including public health data characteristics; dashboard design elements and functionalities; intended users, usability, logistics, and operation; and indicators of usefulness and impact reported. Conclusions The scoping review will analyze the goals, design, use, usefulness, and impact of public health data dashboards. The review will also inform the continued development and improvement of these tools by analyzing and synthesizing current practices and lessons emerging from the literature on the topic and proposing a theory-grounded and evidence-informed framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating public health data dashboards. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/52843

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National Public Health Dashboards: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Yanovitzky,

Stahlman,

Quow

et al. 2024

JMIR Res Protoc

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“…It has been highlighted in other studies that epidemiological studies on COVID-19 heavily rely on confirmed case reports [51], [52]. Furthermore, Reports and data are needed to guide complex policy decisions during the current pandemic [53].…”

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“…Consequently, a large number of people are expected to be vaccinated. It is suggested that health officials and policymakers immediately develop dashboards in the case of similar conditions and update the existing dashboards continuously [52]. It has been found in recent studies conducted in the United States that websites must adhere to usability guidelines to be valid [56].…”

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Public Health Informatics: The Importance of COVID-19 Dashboard in KSA

Alhur

2023

HESMED

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The use of technology is enabling businesses, individuals, and governments to combat COVID-19. Containing and measuring global concerns such as Coronavirus will require critically assessing technological developments. This paper evaluates the COVID-19 dashboard developed by the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH). A scoping review of published and unpublished documents was conducted. The Saudi Arabia MOH provides figures, graphs, and statistics. The researcher found that clicking one button allows access to critical information, enabling individuals to understand how the disease spreads around the country. The Saudi MOH's COVID-19 dashboard provided accurate, reliable, and current information. COVID-19 information is effectively communicated through technology. With the help of data visualization, many citizens can better understand COVID-19. Given their dynamic nature, the evolution of COVID-19 dashboards over time is crucial. A broader range of indicators may assist in better monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and society. During this crisis, dashboards must include features that facilitate their use by people with disabilities.

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“…Data visualization dashboards developed to address health and equity have become increasingly popular [ 1 , 2 ]. Leveraging the longstanding history of using dashboards to aggregate and analyze data in public health [ 3 ] and medicine [ 4 ], these new dashboards cover myriad health equity–focused topics and target broad audiences.…”

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The Solutions in Health Analytics for Rural Equity Across the Northwest (SHARE-NW) Dashboard for Health Equity in Rural Public Health: Usability Evaluation

Heitkemper,

Hulse,

Bekemeier

et al. 2024

JMIR Hum Factors

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Background Given the dearth of resources to support rural public health practice, the solutions in health analytics for rural equity across the northwest dashboard (SHAREdash) was created to support rural county public health departments in northwestern United States with accessible and relevant data to identify and address health disparities in their jurisdictions. To ensure the development of useful dashboards, assessment of usability should occur at multiple stages throughout the system development life cycle. SHAREdash was refined via user-centered design methods, and upon completion, it is critical to evaluate the usability of SHAREdash. Objective This study aims to evaluate the usability of SHAREdash based on the system development lifecycle stage 3 evaluation goals of efficiency, satisfaction, and validity. Methods Public health professionals from rural health departments from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Alaska were enrolled in the usability study from January to April 2022. The web-based evaluation consisted of 2 think-aloud tasks and a semistructured qualitative interview. Think-aloud tasks assessed efficiency and effectiveness, and the interview investigated satisfaction and overall usability. Verbatim transcripts from the tasks and interviews were analyzed using directed content analysis. Results Of the 9 participants, all were female and most worked at a local health department (7/9, 78%). A mean of 10.1 (SD 1.4) clicks for task 1 (could be completed in 7 clicks) and 11.4 (SD 2.0) clicks for task 2 (could be completed in 9 clicks) were recorded. For both tasks, most participants required no prompting—89% (n=8) participants for task 1 and 67% (n=6) participants for task 2, respectively. For effectiveness, all participants were able to complete each task accurately and comprehensively. Overall, the participants were highly satisfied with the dashboard with everyone remarking on the utility of using it to support their work, particularly to compare their jurisdiction to others. Finally, half of the participants stated that the ability to share the graphs from the dashboard would be “extremely useful” for their work. The only aspect of the dashboard cited as problematic is the amount of missing data that was present, which was a constraint of the data available about rural jurisdictions. Conclusions Think-aloud tasks showed that the SHAREdash allows users to complete tasks efficiently. Overall, participants reported being very satisfied with the dashboard and provided multiple ways they planned to use it to support their work. The main usability issue identified was the lack of available data indicating the importance of addressing the ongoing issues of missing and fragmented public health data, particularly for rural communities.

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Applications, features and key indicators for the development of Covid-19 dashboards: A systematic review study

Cited by 15 publications

References 33 publications

National Public Health Dashboards: Protocol for a Scoping Review

National Public Health Dashboards: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Public Health Informatics: The Importance of COVID-19 Dashboard in KSA

The Solutions in Health Analytics for Rural Equity Across the Northwest (SHARE-NW) Dashboard for Health Equity in Rural Public Health: Usability Evaluation

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