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This is something you can do to help | MedStar Health launches massive COVID-19 study. Here s how to participate Matt Pusatory
MedStar Health announced a new study aimed at better understanding the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday.
MedStar Health has begun recruiting patients and asking them to share daily updates of any symptoms and activities related to COVID-19 via email. Researchers will use the information to learn how the virus behaves in our region, including who has it, the locations of disease hot spots, whether prevention strategies, such as wearing a mask and practicing social distancing, are working and who has received the vaccine.
Participants will receive a daily reminder to answer questions including:
Do you have a cough, fever or other symptoms?
Have you been in contact with someone with COVID-19?
Were you wearing a mask?
Have you received a flu or COVID-19 vaccine?
Participants fill out the survey on their phone or computer, and send it back to researchers, who share the data with public health officials to get a deeper understanding of the spread of the virus, symptoms and vaccine adoption
“This project represents an innovative way to engage with our community to actively self-report symptoms and events related to COVID-19,” said Kristen E. Miller, DrPH, Scientific Director, National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, MedStar Health Research Institute, co-principal investigator on the study. “We invite everyone in our region to sign up for this study and help tackle this public health emergency together.”
Updated: 10:30 AM EST Dec 22, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded MedStar Health a two-year, $1.7 million contract to conduct a study that will track the symptoms and spread of COVID-19 as well as vaccine adoption in the coming months.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Where to get tested ||As one of the largest studies of its type, MedStar Health said it hopes to recruit as many at 60,000 participants, regardless of their COVID-19 status.MedStar Health has started to recruit patients, asking them to share daily updates of any symptoms and activities related to COVID-19 via email. Researchers will use the information to learn how the virus behaves in the region, including who has it, the locations of disease hot spots, whether prevention strategies are working and who has received the vaccine. We really can t have good public policy without good data. This study is going to be critical to understanding the spread of COVID-19, a
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