February 16, 2021

What Makes COVID-19 Dashboards Actionable? Descriptive Assessment and Expert Appraisal of 158 Public, Web-Based COVID-19 Dashboards (Preprint)

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): public health

[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] An assessment of 158 COVID-19 data dashboards from 53 countries by an international panel of experts (n=17) found that only 20 dashboards (13%) were highly actionable. Key characteristics of actionable dashboards according to the expert panel include knowing the intended audience and information needs, reporting data sources and methods clearly, and linking time trends to policy decisions. A majority of the dashboards were government developed (63%) and had a national scope (60%).

Ivanković et al. (Feb 12, 2021). What Makes COVID-19 Dashboards Actionable? Descriptive Assessment and Expert Appraisal of 158 Public, Web-Based COVID-19 Dashboards (Preprint). Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/25682