1st Edition
Healthcare Analytics Emergency Preparedness for COVID-19
Introduction – Edward M. Rafalski
I. Section 1 – Epidemiology and analytics
1. What is a pandemic, an epidemic? – Jonathan A. McCullers
2. A brief history of pandemics – Jonathan A. McCullers
3. Health care continuum – Edward M. Rafalski
4. The fog of war and data – Edward M. Rafalski
5. Sources of data/modeling – Edward M. Rafalski and Robert Marksthaler
6. Quantifying and responding to COVID's financial and operational impact – Mark Grube and Rob Fromberg
II. Section 2 - State case studies
7. Measuring and addressing healthcare employee well-being in an Alabama health system during COVID-19 – Katherine A. Meese et al.
8. Colorado state case study - Adom Netsanet et al.
9. Case study: A Florida COVID-19 dashboard – Zachary Pruitt et al.
10. State case study: Illinois – Helen Margellos-Anast et al.
11. Tennessee case study – Cori Cohen Grant et al.
12. Regional modeling – Madeleine McDowell et al.
III. Section 3 - Topics
13. Healthcare analytics: The effects of the pandemic on behavioral health – Kasey Knopp and Naakesh (Nick) Dewan
14. Digital transformation in healthcare: How COVID-19 was an agent for rapid change – Bala Hota and Omar Lateef
15. Telehealth – Richard Fine
16. The COVID-19 pandemic and development of drugs and vaccinations – Pradeep S. B. Podila
16. Value of health information exchanges to support public health reporting – Pradeep S. B. Podila
Conclusion – Edward M. Rafalski and Ross M. Mullner
Epilogue – Edward M. Rafalski
Biography
Edward M. Rafalski is Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Illinois School of Public Health, and an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, College of Public Health. He holds qualifications from the University of Chicago and Yale University School of Public Health.
The epilogue was written just as the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines received approval—a remarkable moment in US health care history. Interactions among local, state, and federal governments and information sharing within the health care industrial complex are the overall focus of analysis. From case studies of wellness among Alabama health care workers to analysis of Colorado hospitals' financial decisions and race-based health inequities in Chicago, this is an ideal textbook for courses on government impacts on health care, health care policy, and/or the COVID-19 response. Part lessons learned, part social commentary, part technological interoperability analysis, this is a well-referenced gem cast in straightforward language.
- K. O'Grady, University of San Diego
