Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles
Abstract Background Public Health Dashboards (PHDs) facilitate the monitoring and prediction of disease outbreaks by continuously monitoring the health status of the community. This study aimed to identify design principles and determinants for developing public health surveillance dashboards. Metho...
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| description | Abstract Background Public Health Dashboards (PHDs) facilitate the monitoring and prediction of disease outbreaks by continuously monitoring the health status of the community. This study aimed to identify design principles and determinants for developing public health surveillance dashboards. Methodology This scoping review is based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework as included in JBI guidance. Four databases were used to review and present the proposed principles of designing PHDs: IEEE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. We considered articles published between January 1, 2010 and November 30, 2022. The final search of articles was done on November 30, 2022. Only articles in the English language were included. Qualitative synthesis and trend analysis were conducted. Results Findings from sixty-seven articles out of 543 retrieved articles, which were eligible for analysis, indicate that most of the dashboards designed from 2020 onwards were at the national level for managing and monitoring COVID-19. Design principles for the public health dashboard were presented in five groups, i.e., considering aim and target users, appropriate content, interface, data analysis and presentation types, and infrastructure. Conclusion Effective and efficient use of dashboards in public health surveillance requires implementing design principles to improve the functionality of these systems in monitoring and decision-making. Considering user requirements, developing a robust infrastructure for improving data accessibility, developing, and applying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for data processing and reporting purposes, and designing interactive and intuitive interfaces are key for successful design and development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80d84cf08e7d4b238664fd0456b039a32024-03-05T20:35:13ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582024-02-0124111510.1186/s12889-024-17841-2Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principlesReza Rabiei0Peivand Bastani1Hossein Ahmadi2Shirin Dehghan3Sohrab Almasi4Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesCollege of Business, Government and Law, Flinders UniversityCentre for Health Technology, Faculty of Health, University of PlymouthDepartment of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Public Health Dashboards (PHDs) facilitate the monitoring and prediction of disease outbreaks by continuously monitoring the health status of the community. This study aimed to identify design principles and determinants for developing public health surveillance dashboards. Methodology This scoping review is based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework as included in JBI guidance. Four databases were used to review and present the proposed principles of designing PHDs: IEEE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. We considered articles published between January 1, 2010 and November 30, 2022. The final search of articles was done on November 30, 2022. Only articles in the English language were included. Qualitative synthesis and trend analysis were conducted. Results Findings from sixty-seven articles out of 543 retrieved articles, which were eligible for analysis, indicate that most of the dashboards designed from 2020 onwards were at the national level for managing and monitoring COVID-19. Design principles for the public health dashboard were presented in five groups, i.e., considering aim and target users, appropriate content, interface, data analysis and presentation types, and infrastructure. Conclusion Effective and efficient use of dashboards in public health surveillance requires implementing design principles to improve the functionality of these systems in monitoring and decision-making. Considering user requirements, developing a robust infrastructure for improving data accessibility, developing, and applying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for data processing and reporting purposes, and designing interactive and intuitive interfaces are key for successful design and development.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17841-2Public HealthPublic Health InformaticsPublic Health SurveillanceDashboard |
| spellingShingle | Reza Rabiei Peivand Bastani Hossein Ahmadi Shirin Dehghan Sohrab Almasi Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles BMC Public Health Public Health Public Health Informatics Public Health Surveillance Dashboard |
| title | Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles |
| title_full | Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles |
| title_fullStr | Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles |
| title_short | Developing public health surveillance dashboards: a scoping review on the design principles |
| title_sort | developing public health surveillance dashboards a scoping review on the design principles |
| topic | Public Health Public Health Informatics Public Health Surveillance Dashboard |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17841-2 |
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