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Report III 3

Compare the charts and graphs that your Learning Team members created for the Reports I, II, and III assignments and come to a consensus of the analysis of the data.

 

Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility).

 

Create a 2slides powerpoint (speaker note) one of which should be a chart of how your selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information you gathered and analyzed in the Reports III assignments. Be sure to include any conflicts of interest, ethical considerations, or community health effects that may factor into the benefits identified.

 

Cite 3 reputable APA references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

This report III has the chart on an excel sheet

Cities with High or Low Risks

According to the data some states or cities have a high number of cases brought about by the pandemic. Some other cities have a low number of cases than others. These numbers show the rate at which the various states are at risk of experiencing very high risks than others. Jacksonville recorded the highest number of cases in April at 322 which is the highest in the entire data. This puts the city at a very high risk of getting very many other cases as the disease spreads. Miami follows Jacksonville at 299 cases showing that the state is at high risk of getting a serious outbreak. The leading states are followed by Phoenix that recorded 289 cases, Austin 281 cases, Houston 272 cases, San Diego 258, New Orleans 248 cases, Mesa 231, Atlanta 220, and Long Beach recording 215. These cases prove that these states are at very high risk of recording many other cases. Omaha is an example of a state that is at low risk of experiencing a major outbreak as it recorded 3 cases in April. This number of cases is then followed by Virginia Beach 4, Colorado Springs 5, Philadelphia 5, Indianapolis at 7 cases, Raleigh 8, Minneapolis 9, and Arlington 11 cases.

Evaluation

The map showcases that in February the number of reported cases on the disease on each city or state was very low compared to the cases reported in April. For instance, in the state of Raleigh, the number of cases in February was 0 which doubled by March and multiplied to 8 by April. The number of cases is increasing every month rather than slowing showing that the disease is spreading at a very high rate than the projected number. For example, in Jacksonville, the number of cases was 10 in February, reported cases in March were 91 which shoot to 322 by April. The map shows that in February many states had not yet discovered that they had contracted the diseases and the small number of cases reported was from a few individuals that took themselves to the hospital because of signs and symptoms. The numbers get worse in March and April as many people are being admitted with the same type of symptoms but very few can be traced to where they contracted the disease from. The Line for April has very many high points showing the states whose cases are high in April.

The data shows that the rate at which the disease is spreading is very fast. This is depicted by the line curve of April where the cities whose cases are high have very sharp points. Contact tracing of cases reported increased gradually during the three months as cases kept rising. The map shows that the cases multiplied every month showing that contact tracing of reported was conducted very late after asymptomatic individuals had already spread the disease to other people. States with few cases such as Raleigh and Omaha, show that they receive very few visitors or people do not travel regularly thus the small number of cases. Jacksonville and Miami represent states that receive a high number of visitors or people traveling in and out of the state.

Reference

Geographic Differences in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, and Incidence — United States, February (2020). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:465–471. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6915e4

Killerby ME, Link-Gelles R, Haight SC, (2020). Characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 — Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, March–April 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6925e1

This report III has the chart on an excel sheet