Naleef Fareed|Christine Swoboda|Sarah Chen|Evelyn Potter|Danny T Y Wu|Cynthia Sieck
U.S. COVID-19 State Government Public Dashboards: An Expert Review
The Ohio State University|Institute for Behavioral Medicine|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|Ohio University|University of Cincinnati|The Ohio State University|Institute for Behavioral Medicine
united states 50 state governments deployed publicly viewable dashboards regarding novel coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 track respond pandemic states dashboards however reflect idiosyncratic design practices based content function visual design platform little guidance state dashboards look like contain leading significant variationthe primary objective study catalog information system function user interface deployed across covid19 state dashboards secondary objective group characterize dashboards based information collected using clustering analysisfor preliminary data collection developed framework first analyze two dashboards group reach agreement coding subsequently doubled coded remaining 48 dashboards using framework reviewed coding reach total consensusall state dashboards included maps graphs frequently line charts bar charts histograms represented metrics total deaths total cases new cases laboratory tests hospitalization decisions metrics aggregated stratified greatly varied across dashboards overall dashboards interactive 96 least functionality including tooltips zooming exporting capabilities visual design platform noted software dominated major organizations cluster analysis yielded sixcluster solution cluster provided additional insights groups states engaged specific practices dashboard designour study indicates states engaged dashboard practices generally aligned many goals set forth centers disease control prevention essential public health services highlight areas states fall short expectations provide specific design recommendations address gaps