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Analysis: Missouri hospital data overstated ICU capacity - Kansas City Business Journal

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The Wolf Is At The Door: How Missouri s Garbled Coronavirus Data Misled The Public Until It Wa

Originally published on December 10, 2020 11:49 am As coronavirus infections grew exponentially in Missouri in the fall, many hospital leaders found themselves in the unusual position of explaining that the official state data about their bed space was wrong. Though Missouri’s data showed that hospitals had plenty of beds available for patients, the numbers were inflated for months, in part because many hospitals themselves failed to follow reporting guidelines. An analysis by KCUR found that the data remained uncorrected for weeks even after hospital doctors warned they had reached a critical point, leaving local leaders scrambling to respond after hospitals were nearly full. The data is used to determine local stay-at-home restrictions as well as gauge how hospitals are faring during the pandemic.

The Wolf Is At The Door: How Missouri s Garbled Coronavirus Data Misled The Public Until It Was Too Late | KCUR 89 3 - NPR in Kansas City Local news, entertainment and podcasts

/ Missouri s COVID-19 dashboards exaggerated the numbers of beds available to treat patients, even after doctors said the data was misleading. Even as hospital leaders warned that their beds were nearly full and Gov. Mike Parson assured the public that the state was prepared some hospitals continued to report data that made their capacity appear larger than it was. As coronavirus infections grew exponentially in Missouri in the fall, many hospital leaders found themselves in the unusual position of explaining that the official state data about their bed space was wrong. Though Missouri’s data showed that hospitals had plenty of beds available for patients, the numbers were inflated for months, in part because many hospitals themselves failed to follow reporting guidelines.

The Wolf Is At The Door: How Missouri s Garbled COVID Data Misled The Public Until It Was Too Late

KCUR 89.3 Missouri s COVID-19 dashboards exaggerated the numbers of beds available to treat patients, even after doctors said the data was misleading. As coronavirus infections grew exponentially in Missouri in the fall, many hospital leaders found themselves in the unusual position of explaining that the official state data about their bed space was wrong. Though Missouri’s data showed that hospitals had plenty of beds available for patients, the numbers were inflated for months, in part because many hospitals themselves failed to follow reporting guidelines. An analysis by KCUR found that the data remained uncorrected for weeks even after hospital doctors warned they had reached a critical point, leaving local leaders scrambling to respond after hospitals were nearly full. The data is used to determine local stay-at-home restrictions as well as gauge how hospitals are faring during the pandemic.

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