Background. Isolation is needed for the safe care of patients with potentially highly
contagious and virulent infectious agents (eg Ebola, MERS-CoV). We hypothesized that …

Methods The site of investigation was the University of Virginia Medical Center (UVAMC), a
tertiary care center with over 600 beds and more than 28,000 inpatients annually. In August …

992 Ata Mahmoodpoor et al https://doi. org/10.1017/ice. 2020.120 Published online by
Cambridge University Press remote follow up and visit of these patients could prevent the …

Highlights•Media communication plays an important role in a public health crisis to alarm or
reassure the population.•Internal hospital communication needs to be clear, science-based …

Background: The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted telemedicine as a care delivery tool
uniquely suited for a disaster pandemic. Introduction: With support from emergency …

The 2014 Ebola epidemic was the largest in history with 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths
recorded up to September 2016. There was widespread person-to-person transmission in …

In response to the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, the Georgia
Department of Public Health developed the Infectious Disease Network (IDN) based on an …

West Africa is experiencing the largest Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic in recorded
history. Health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk for Ebola. In Liberia, as of August …

Objective To reduce pathogen exposure, conserve personal protective equipment, and
facilitate health care personnel work participation in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Objectives: In this paper the researchers describe how existing health information
technologies (HIT) can be repurposed and new technologies can be innovated to provide …