{"id":14314,"date":"2020-09-05T19:12:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T23:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=14314"},"modified":"2020-09-23T13:54:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:54:32","slug":"two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data"},"content":{"rendered":"

(September 4, 2020)<\/p>\n

By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator<\/p>\n

COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Hamilton public health services is blaming the 48-hour lag on the transition to a new case and contact management (CCM) system that is mandated by the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n

But none of the other 30 public health units (PHU) that have moved to the new system have similar delays in reporting data, says Travis Kann, the communications director for Health Minister Christine Elliott.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot sure why Hamilton would be the only PHU experiencing issues,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there aren\u2019t widespread system issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday<\/a>,<\/span> Hamilton public health said that some COVID-19 data on the city\u2019s website is incorrect, blaming the CCM system that came into place on the weekend of Aug. 23. On Thursday, public health said it was \u201ctaking some time to complete full implementation\u201d and had to \u201cuse manual methods for some data management.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result there would now be a two-day delay in reporting daily case counts, deaths, exposure acquisition, sex, age and severity. That is in addition to the city not updating its data on the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting the most up-to-date information helps people to protect themselves,\u201d said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition. \u201cIt\u2019s very important that there be full information and it be as timely as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

She expressed particular concern that information on how people were infected is being temporarily removed from the website altogether as public health determines the best process to report on whether exposures occured in the community, during an outbreak, from travel or from close contact with a case.<\/p>\n

“That is vital information,\u201d said Mehra. \u201cFor whatever unspecified period of time, people are not going to know where the contagion is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, she points out the lag is coming at a crucial time as kids go back to school, more services reopen and communities start to see an uptick in cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps to get out early warning for people,\u201d said Mehra. \u201cUntold numbers of people might take more precautions if they know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new system is supposed to provide public health with integrated and timely lab records, streamlined workflows, increased support, eliminate duplication and simplify provincial surveillance and reporting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that there are IT issues but I\u2019m optimistic that on the long-run, once the system is up and running, there will be lots of benefits from the new system,\u201d said Dr. Dominik Mertz, associate professor of infectious diseases at McMaster University. \u201cMy understanding is that it will be much more universal across the province and more automatic than what they used to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

He points out that public health still has the real-time data it needs to react quickly to changes during the pandemic and it\u2019s only the public reporting that is delayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not significant in terms of affecting the response to the pandemic in any way,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate for those who may be looking at that on a regular basis that they have to wait a day longer until they see what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the numbers have not been changing substantially in less than 48 hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a lot of added value for an individual in the current situation, where things are relatively stable, to necessarily have to see the data on a daily basis,\u201d said Mertz.<\/p>\n

But Mehra argues the public is starting to \u201cslack off\u201d on health measures to combat the spread of the virus, making current numbers more important than ever. Hamilton saw an increase in COVID-19 over the last week of August that public health said was due partly to\u00a0social gatherings\u00a0<\/a><\/span>with no physical distancing.<\/p>\n

“Everywhere I go I see people are standing very close, much more closely than they were two months ago,\u201d said Mehra. \u201cThe more details that are given to the public, the more ability there is for people to understand that this is not gone and to not get lax about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Public health said in a statement that the delay will ensure the public has access to the most \u201ccomplete information possible, which is a critical element in our successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to the exposure information being removed from public reporting altogether, the statement said, \u201cWe understand this information is important to the public and it will be reposted as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(September 4, 2020) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s website. Hamilton public health services is blaming the 48-hour lag on the transition to a new case and contact management (CCM) system that is mandated by the Ministry of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTwo-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data - Ontario Health Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(September 4, 2020) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data - Ontario Health Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(September 4, 2020) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ontario Health Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-05T23:12:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-23T17:54:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4\"},\"headline\":\"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-05T23:12:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-23T17:54:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":765,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"OHC in the News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/\",\"name\":\"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data - Ontario Health Coalition\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-05T23:12:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-23T17:54:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"(September 4, 2020) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\",\"description\":\"Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo_ohc_new-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo_ohc_new-1.png\",\"width\":478,\"height\":240,\"caption\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ontariohealth?fref=ts\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OntarioHealthC\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ontariohealthcoalition\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@ontariohealthc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCPy4Erf4xGLZV6CY23xdokw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4\",\"name\":\"admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data - Ontario Health Coalition","description":"(September 4, 2020) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data - Ontario Health Coalition","og_description":"(September 4, 2020) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/","og_site_name":"Ontario Health Coalition","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts","article_published_time":"2020-09-05T23:12:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-23T17:54:32+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4"},"headline":"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data","datePublished":"2020-09-05T23:12:40+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-23T17:54:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/"},"wordCount":765,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization"},"articleSection":["OHC in the News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/","name":"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data - Ontario Health Coalition","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-09-05T23:12:40+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-23T17:54:32+00:00","description":"(September 4, 2020) By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator COVID-19 data will now be two days behind when it\u2019s reported to the public on the city\u2019s","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/two-day-time-lag-in-reporting-hamilton-covid-19-data\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two-day time lag in reporting Hamilton COVID-19 data"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/","name":"Ontario Health Coalition","description":"Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization","name":"Ontario Health Coalition","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_ohc_new-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_ohc_new-1.png","width":478,"height":240,"caption":"Ontario Health Coalition"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/OntarioHealthC","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ontariohealthcoalition","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ontariohealthc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPy4Erf4xGLZV6CY23xdokw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4","name":"admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14315,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14314\/revisions\/14315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}