Metrics

Make raw data available to researchers,public health professionals and epidemiologists. Governments should make disaggregated and,where appropriate,raw data available for modeling and epidemiological analysis. Sharing key process and outcome data with demographic and geographic identifiers allows researchers and public health officials to better predict and respond to the spread of the virus and emerging outbreaks.

Incentivize adoption of standardized process and outcome measures within jurisdictions (vertical standardization) and across jurisdictions (horizontal standardization) through technical assistance and cost reimbursements or cost sharing. Governments should use legislative,regulatory,and budgetary means to incentivize and/or mandate the adoption of standardized metrics across jurisdictions.

Create and publish data dashboards that are updated regularly and show progress on metrics. Governments should develop a dashboard aligned with both the contact tracing platform and surveillance/reportable disease databases.

Commit to carefully selected metrics that can be reported on consistently and regularly (do not select too many metrics). Governments should be cautious to select a small number of useful and informative metrics that can be reported on consistently,precisely,and accurately. Committing to too many metrics may lead to the inability to accurately and precisely track the data.