April 15, 2021

U.S. COVID-19 State Government Public Dashboards: An Expert Review

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): public health, public health communications

• Most COVID-19 state government public dashboards displayed similar metrics and largely aligned with CDC goals, according to an expert review. Data generally included total deaths, total cases, new cases, laboratory tests, and hospitalization, but aggregation and stratification of these metrics varied greatly across dashboards. 96% had some interactive functionality such as tooltips, zooming, or data exporting. 

Fareed et al. (Mar 14, 2021). U.S. COVID-19 State Government Public Dashboards: An Expert Review. Applied Clinical Informatics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33853140/