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Data Entry and


                                                                                            Monitoring Process




                                                                                            One of the biggest challenges during this pandemic was to obtain reliable
                                                                                            and accurate data on availability of resources especially in terms of
                                                                                            readiness of our facilities to respond to surge of cases. We had to develop
                                                                                            a sustainable mechanism to ensure constant communication with all State
                                                                                            Health Departments was in place and data on facility preparedness can be
                                                                                            made available on a daily basis.

                                                                                            During the first phase of the pandemic, a group of liaison officers were
                                                                                            identified to provide data on preparedness of facilities such as hospital
                                                                                            beds, ICU beds and number of ventilators and utilisation of quarantine
                                                                                            and treatment centres. The team was consistently in communication with
                                                                                            the State Health Departments to provide input and recommendations on
                                                                                            strategies to enhance facility preparedness.

                                                                                            These analyses were projected to the National and Hospital Services CPRC
                                                                                            as an overview of national and state preparedness especially in regards to
                                                                                            hospital services.









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                                                                                                                        5.  Dedicated team members managing facilities established
                                                                                                                           on March 2020
                                                                                                                        6.  Example of daily reporting with utilization percentage for a
                                                                                                                           quick overview of current facility saturation and readiness
                                                                                                                        7.  Reports  generated  with  Reconstitution  Index  to  guide  in
                                                                                                                           bed turn over and utilization for COVID-19






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