COVID-19 Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Inaccuracies
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Inaccuracies

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COVID-19 Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Inaccuracies Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images Earlier this month, when the Trump administration told hospitals to send crucial data about coronavirus cases and intensive care capacity to a new online system, it promised the change would be worth it. HHS's Caputo wrote in a statement to NPR in mid-July that CDC's voluntary reporting system "provided data from only 85 percent of hospitals; the President's COVID response requires 100 percent to report." Under the old system, in data last collected by CDC on July 14, an estimated 3,205 COVID-19 patients in Arizona occupied 24% of the state's inpatient hospital beds. The site stopped pulling hospital capacity data from HHS Protect for several days but resumed the reporting on July 30, using a dataset from HealthData.gov with a "user beware" warning that reads in part: "For the time being, we recommend cross-checking these numbers with the ones reported on a state's official website to get an accurate picture."

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How much COVID is in my community? It’s getting harder to tell
1 year, 7 months ago

How much COVID is in my community? It’s getting harder to tell

LA Times  

Bianca Povalitis, center, along with fellow roller skaters enjoy an evening at Venice Beach Skate Plaza in June 2022. But dwindling data make it more difficult to assess the virus’ trajectory in specific areas and for people to adjust their attitudes and behaviors accordingly — a potentially unsettling development for those who remain most at risk of falling seriously ill. …

The CDC is changing the way it monitors COVID-19 in the U.S.
1 year, 7 months ago

The CDC is changing the way it monitors COVID-19 in the U.S.

LA Times  

Dr. Nirav Shah, principal deputy director for the CDC, said the country will be able to maintain “good sight lines” into the state of COVID-19 in America. With the federal government’s three-year-old public health emergency set to expire next Thursday, the agency will begin to track COVID-19 cases alongside other respiratory illnesses, said Dr. Nirav D. Shah, the CDC’s principal …

This COVID-19 tracker changed how we saw the pandemic. Its creator fears it won’t be useful much longer
2 years, 2 months ago

This COVID-19 tracker changed how we saw the pandemic. Its creator fears it won’t be useful much longer

LA Times  

Lauren Gardner and her team at the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University built the authoritative COVID-19 dashboard. The dashboard “set a new standard for disseminating authoritative public health data in real time,” the judges said, and “cut through the noise of misinformation and became the most authoritative and trusted source of information for the COVID …

Change in reporting method maybe behind high Covid hospitalizations; Figures released late today
2 years, 10 months ago

Change in reporting method maybe behind high Covid hospitalizations; Figures released late today

NL Times  

A change in how hospitals report Covid-19 hospitalization figures may be behind the significant increase in hospitalizations reported on Monday. Public health institute RIVM will publish its daily and weekly coronavirus figures later on Tuesday due to a new way of registering infections to clear up the backlog. The RIVM publishes weekly figures every Tuesday around 3:00 p.m, but this …

Internal Documents Reveal COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Government Keeps Hidden
4 years, 1 month ago

Internal Documents Reveal COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Government Keeps Hidden

NPR  

Internal Documents Reveal COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Government Keeps Hidden Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images As coronavirus cases rise swiftly around the country, surpassing both the spring and summer surges, health officials brace for a coming wave of hospitalizations and deaths. "HHS and the …

HHS threatens to cut off funding for US hospitals if they don't report data on COVID-19 patients
4 years, 2 months ago

HHS threatens to cut off funding for US hospitals if they don't report data on COVID-19 patients

Daily Mail  

The Department of Health and Human Services has threatened to cut off funding for US hospitals that do not properly report on COVID-19 patients. HHS is threatening to cut off of Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that do not report data on coronavirus and influenza patients said by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma. Pictured: Verma …

Hospitals That Don't Report COVID-19 Data Daily Will Get Warning Letter
4 years, 2 months ago

Hospitals That Don't Report COVID-19 Data Daily Will Get Warning Letter

NPR  

Hospitals That Don't Report COVID-19 Data Daily Will Get Warning Letter Enlarge this image toggle caption Studio 642/Getty Images/Tetra images RF Studio 642/Getty Images/Tetra images RF The federal government is starting to crack down on the nation's hospitals for not reporting complete COVID-19 data into a federal data collection system. CMS issued a rule in early September requiring hospitals to …

Trump Administration Plans Crackdown On Hospitals Failing To Report COVID-19 Data
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Administration Plans Crackdown On Hospitals Failing To Report COVID-19 Data

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Trump Administration Plans Crackdown On Hospitals Failing To Report COVID-19 Data Enlarge this image toggle caption John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated Friday 2:15 p.m. The federal government is preparing to crack down aggressively on hospitals for not reporting complete COVID-19 data daily into a federal data system, according to internal documents obtained by NPR. …

Birx says data collected from hospitals during coronavirus pandemic has been ‘extraordinarily important’
4 years, 4 months ago

Birx says data collected from hospitals during coronavirus pandemic has been ‘extraordinarily important’

CNN  

CNN — White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Monday that the coronavirus data collected from hospitals has been “extraordinarily important.” “We have an interim system – it is solely an interim system – to get daily reports from hospitals of new admissions,” Birx said in a roundtable discussion hosted by Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson. “I think …

US government health advisers say hospitals are ‘scrambling’ after Trump administration’s ‘abrupt’ change to Covid-19 data reporting requirements
4 years, 4 months ago

US government health advisers say hospitals are ‘scrambling’ after Trump administration’s ‘abrupt’ change to Covid-19 data reporting requirements

CNN  

CNN — In a letter, public health advisers to the US government said they are “extremely concerned” and “troubled” by the Trump administration’s decision to change how hospitals report Covid-19 data. Retiring the CDC system that was in operation would have “serious consequences on data integrity.” By removing the data collection from the CDC, the country would lose decades of …

Serious breakdown in California systems causes inaccurate coronavirus numbers
4 years, 4 months ago

Serious breakdown in California systems causes inaccurate coronavirus numbers

LA Times  

A breakdown in the electronic collection of coronavirus test data is hampering California’s pandemic response, with some public health officials resorting to counting results by hand and a growing number of counties warning the public that statistics provided by the state on infection rates are unreliable. Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody said in a news conference …

California’s coronavirus test result data may be flawed, top health official says
4 years, 4 months ago

California’s coronavirus test result data may be flawed, top health official says

LA Times  

A steep decline in California’s coronavirus infection rate announced this week by Gov. Gavin Newson may not be accurate, according to the state’s top public health official who said Tuesday that the state’s data system used to process COVID-19 test results is marred with technical issues. On Tuesday, Los Angeles County public health officials reported an additional 1,901 coronavirus cases …

White House Strips CDC Of Data Collection Role For COVID-19 Hospitalizations
4 years, 5 months ago

White House Strips CDC Of Data Collection Role For COVID-19 Hospitalizations

NPR  

White House Strips CDC Of Data Collection Role For COVID-19 Hospitalizations Enlarge this image toggle caption David Degner/Getty Images David Degner/Getty Images Updated July 16, 9:40 a.m. "The CDC's old data gathering operation once worked well monitoring hospital information across the country, but it's an inadequate system today," Caputo said in a statement shared with reporters. But a top career …

Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC

CNN  

Washington CNN — Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. They will simply no longer control it.” “The CDC’s old hospital data gathering operation once worked well monitoring …

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