Building Physician Networks as Part of the Zika Response

Authors

Nia Heard-Garris, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease,University of Michigan Medical School,Ann Arbor,Michigan
Sanjeev Arora, Director of Project ECHO and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nicole Lurie, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2017

Abstract

The global community needs to easily identify and respond to new and reemerging threats, such as H1N1, Ebola, and most recently Zika. Clinicians are often the first-line providers to recognize these threats, but yet have few opportunities to learn from each other in real time. In this concept article, we describe the ways clinical information is traditionally shared during a public health emergency and then introduce new mechanisms to facilitate physician communication and learning as a part of the response to Zika. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:259-261).

Recommended Citation

Heard-Garris N, Arora S, Lurie N. Building Physician Networks as Part of the Zika Response. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2017 Apr;11(2):259-261. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2017.24. PMID: 28430098.