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Jarratt L, Situ J, King RD, Montanez Ramos E, Groves H, Ormesher R, Cossé M, Raboff A, Mahajan A, Thompson J, Ko RF, Paltrow-Krulwich S, Price A, Hurwitz AML, CampBell T, Epler LT, Nguyen F, Wolinsky E, Edwards-Fligner M, Lobo J, Rivera D, Langsjoen J, Sloane L, Hendrix I, Munde EO, Onyango CO, Olewe PK, Anyona SB, Yingling AV, Lauve NR, Kumar P, Stoicu S, Nestsiarovich A, Bologa CG, Oprea TI, Tollestrup K, Myers OB, Anixter M, Perkins DJ, Lambert CG. A Comprehensive COVID-19 Daily News and Medical Literature Briefing to Inform Health Care and Policy in New Mexico: Implementation Study. JMIR Med Educ 2022; 8:e23845. [PMID: 35142625 PMCID: PMC8908195 DOI: 10.2196/23845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND On March 11, 2020, the New Mexico Governor declared a public health emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Mexico medical advisory team contacted University of New Mexico (UNM) faculty to form a team to consolidate growing information on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its disease to facilitate New Mexico's pandemic management. Thus, faculty, physicians, staff, graduate students, and medical students created the "UNM Global Health COVID-19 Intelligence Briefing." OBJECTIVE In this paper, we sought to (1) share how to create an informative briefing to guide public policy and medical practice and manage information overload with rapidly evolving scientific evidence; (2) determine the qualitative usefulness of the briefing to its readers; and (3) determine the qualitative effect this project has had on virtual medical education. METHODS Microsoft Teams was used for manual and automated capture of COVID-19 articles and composition of briefings. Multilevel triaging saved impactful articles to be reviewed, and priority was placed on randomized controlled studies, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, practice guidelines, and information on health care and policy response to COVID-19. The finalized briefing was disseminated by email, a listserv, and posted on the UNM digital repository. A survey was sent to readers to determine briefing usefulness and whether it led to policy or medical practice changes. Medical students, unable to partake in direct patient care, proposed to the School of Medicine that involvement in the briefing should count as course credit, which was approved. The maintenance of medical student involvement in the briefings as well as this publication was led by medical students. RESULTS An average of 456 articles were assessed daily. The briefings reached approximately 1000 people by email and listserv directly, with an unknown amount of forwarding. Digital repository tracking showed 5047 downloads across 116 countries as of July 5, 2020. The survey found 108 (95%) of 114 participants gained relevant knowledge, 90 (79%) believed it decreased misinformation, 27 (24%) used the briefing as their primary source of information, and 90 (79%) forwarded it to colleagues. Specific and impactful public policy decisions were informed based on the briefing. Medical students reported that the project allowed them to improve on their scientific literature assessment, stay current on the pandemic, and serve their community. CONCLUSIONS The COVID-19 briefings succeeded in informing and guiding New Mexico policy and clinical practice. The project received positive feedback from the community and was shown to decrease information burden and misinformation. The virtual platforms allowed for the continuation of medical education. Variability in subject matter expertise was addressed with training, standardized article selection criteria, and collaborative editing led by faculty.
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Affiliation(s)
- LynnMarie Jarratt
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Jenny Situ
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Rachel D King
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | | | - Hannah Groves
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Ryen Ormesher
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Melissa Cossé
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Alyse Raboff
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Avanika Mahajan
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Jennifer Thompson
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Randy F Ko
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | | | - Allison Price
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | | | - Timothy CampBell
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Lauren T Epler
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Fiona Nguyen
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Emma Wolinsky
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | | | - Jolene Lobo
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Danielle Rivera
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Jens Langsjoen
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Lori Sloane
- University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Ingrid Hendrix
- University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Elly O Munde
- University of New Mexico-Maseno Global Health Programs Laboratories, Kisumu, Kenya
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Kirinyaga University, Kerugoya, Kenya
| | - Clinton O Onyango
- University of New Mexico-Maseno Global Health Programs Laboratories, Kisumu, Kenya
| | - Perez K Olewe
- University of New Mexico-Maseno Global Health Programs Laboratories, Kisumu, Kenya
| | - Samuel B Anyona
- University of New Mexico-Maseno Global Health Programs Laboratories, Kisumu, Kenya
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya
| | - Alexandra V Yingling
- Center for Global Health, Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Nicolas R Lauve
- Center for Global Health, Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
- Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Praveen Kumar
- Center for Global Health, Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
- Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Shawn Stoicu
- Health and Sciences Center Sponsored Projects Office, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Anastasiya Nestsiarovich
- Center for Global Health, Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Cristian G Bologa
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
- Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Tudor I Oprea
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
- Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Kristine Tollestrup
- University of New Mexico College of Population Health, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Orrin B Myers
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Mari Anixter
- New Mexico Department of Health, Communications Office, Office of the Secretary, Santa Fe, NM, United States
| | - Douglas J Perkins
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
- Center for Global Health, Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
| | - Christophe Gerard Lambert
- Center for Global Health, Division of Translational Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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