COVID-19 Data Driven Planning The SouthEast Texas Approach

The authors reviewed South East Texas Regional Advisory Councils' (SETRAC) collection, processing, and analysis of COVID-19 data "in the largest national medical setting in the United States." This case study highlights best practices in risk and crisis communications, emphasizes the need for cross-sector collaboration and standardization of data collection, and examines process that effect information sharing between the healthcare and homeland security sectors.