1 online resource (ii, 22 pages) : color illustrations, color map
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"August 2021."
"GAO-21-600."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO, viewed Aug. 6, 2021).
Summary
The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of having quality data to help the federal government understand the health care system’s capacity to provide care and to inform the allocation of resources. HHS launched HHS Protect in April 2020 to capture hospital capacity data. Throughout the public health emergency HHS has made changes to how information is collected and used. In this report, GAO describes (1) HHS’s implementation of HHS Protect hospital capacity reporting requirements and the challenges experienced by reporting entities; (2) HHS’s and stakeholders’ use of the data, if at all; and (3) lessons learned about ensuring the collection of quality hospital capacity data during a public health emergency.
