Automated Digital Notification of COVID-19 Diagnoses Through Text and Email Messaging - North Carolina, December 2020-January 2021.
| Autor: | Farrell L, Almond CR, Porterfield DS, Mobley V, Jones SA, Smelyanskaya M, Samoff E |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report [MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep] 2021 Nov 19; Vol. 70 (46), pp. 1603-1607. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 19. |
| DOI: | 10.15585/mmwr.mm7046a3 |
| Abstrakt: | During October 3, 2020-January 9, 2021, North Carolina experienced a 400% increase in daily reported COVID-19 cases (1). To handle the increased number of cases and rapidly notify persons receiving a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result (patients), North Carolina state and local health departments moved from telephone call notification only to telephone call plus automated text and email notification (digital notification) beginning on December 24, 2020. Overall, among 200,258 patients, 142,975 (71%) were notified by telephone call or digital notification within the actionable period (10 days from their diagnosis date)* during January 2021, including at least 112,543 (56%) notified within 24 hours of report to North Carolina state and local health departments, a significantly higher proportion than the 25,905 of 175,979 (15%) notified within 24 hours during the preceding month (p<0.001). Differences in text notification by age, race, and ethnicity were observed. Automated digital notification is a feasible, rapid and efficient method to support timely outreach to patients, provide guidance on how to isolate, access resources, inform close contacts, and increase the efficiency of case investigation staff members. Competing Interests: All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Marina Smelyanskaya and Sydney A. Jones report funding through Resolve to Save Lives from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gates Philanthropy Partners (through the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation). Resolve to Save Lives received additional funding for the COVID-19 response from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Start Small Foundation. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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