Building a Data Bridge: Policies, Structures, and Governance Integrating Primary Care Into the Public Health Response to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The effective integration of primary care into public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly through data sharing, has received some attention in the literature. However, the specific policies and structures that facilitate this integration are understudied. This paper describes the experiences of clinicians and administrators in Alberta, Canada as they built a data bridge between primary care and public health to improve the province's community-based response to the pandemic.

Methods

Fifty-seven semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted with a range of primary care and public health stakeholders working inside the Calgary Health Zone. Interpretive description was used to analyze the interviews.

Results

SARS-CoV-2 test results prod

SUBMITTER: Leslie M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870644 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature