An Interactive Online Dashboard with COVID-19 Trends and Data Analysis in Northeast and South Texas.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Zhang, Zitong; Sabharwal, Rachit; Lee, Miryoung; Zhang, Kehe; McGaha, Paul; Crum, Michelle; Bauer, Cici; Fisher-Hoch, Susan P.; McCormick, Joseph B.; Reininger, Belinda M.; Thomas, Samantha; Guajardo, Esmeralda; Pinon, Daniel; Yaseen, Ashraf
- Source
- Texas Public Health Journal. Spring2024, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p12-19. 8p.
- Subject
- *EMERGING infectious diseases
*TREND analysis
*HEALTH boards
*COVID-19
*DATA analysis
- Language
- ISSN
- 2574-5859
In response to the pandemic due to COVID-19, we developed online interactive dashboards to track and visualize the reported cases in real-time in certain geographical areas in Texas. In collaboration with local public health departments, we established an automated process of data collection/processing and then developed dashboards with more detailed tracking and analysis results. The dashboards aimed to provide Texans in those areas with health disparities with clear and detailed in-time tracking and analysis results of COVID-19 data and to help the public understand the in-time status of COVID-19 in their areas. Evaluation of the dashboards was conducted by surveying our collaborators in those areas and deemed highly effective and useful. We believe that the framework used in developing the dashboards and the data processing pipeline presented in this work could be used in tracking emerging infectious diseases and planning for the emergency management in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]