C19Check.com
Emory faculty from the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR), and Rollins School of Public Health, in partnership with the medical software start-up Vital have developed C19Check.com, a free, easy to use online tool assessing the likelihood that you have contracted coronavirus/COVID-19.
EM physicians Justin Schrager, Attending Emergency Physician at Emory University Hospital and Chief Medical Officer of Vital; Anna Yaffee, Assistant Professor and Director, Global Health in Emergency Medicine Section; Alex Isakov, Professor, Director of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, and Executive Director of CEPAR; and David Wright, Professor and Chair, worked with Vital software designers to create and launch C19Check.com. This user-friendly, globally accessible site makes simple recommendations for coronavirus/COVID-19 care and containment based on the user's profile. Read Emory's press release
The C19check.com website is an inaugural effort of Health Design ED, the newly formed Acute Care Design + Innovation Center within the EM department, under the directorship of Monique Smith, MD.
C19Check.com in the News:
- Health Affairs blog: Drs. Justin Schrager, Alex Isakov, David Wright, and Anna Yaffee discuss Getting The Most Out of Self-Triage Websites: Experiences with COVID-19 and Principles for the Future
- Drs. Isakov and Schrager report on development of the C19Check web tool in the Scientific American blogs
- Watch: Emory Healthcare video demonstration of C19Check.com featuring Emory EM Drs Alex Isakov and Justin Schrager
- Watch: Fox Business video interview with Drs David Wright and Alex Isakov
- Read: The Oregonian online: How Oregon counties have customized C19Check to enhance surveillance in their communities
- AJC; Emory News; Reuters
Webinars & Podcasts
COVID-19 MEDTOX Briefing Webinars: Medical and Public Health Considerations of COVID-19. A Collaborative Web Series on Emerging Topics featuring Voices from the Front Lines.
COVID-19: Protecting EMS Healthcare Personnel Webinar: Dr. Isakov and colleagues present a webinar and answer questions for approximately 1000 participants. This event was recorded on April 7, 2020 and is now available for on-demand viewing.
Apple Podcast: Solving Mysteries as an Academic Medical Toxicologist from Specialty Stories
Personal Stories
Emory Magazine Spring/Summer 2020: COVID-19, Emory on the Front Lines
COVID-19 Children's Book
Emory EM physicians Nicole Battaglioli, Rahel Gizaw and Anna Yaffee have co-authored a children's book on COVID-19 titled Sammy Stays Safe. They created their book for a contest sponsored by Emory's Global Health Institute. The contest invited interested writers and illustrators to write and illustrate a children’s eBook aimed at providing age-appropriate information for children ages 6-9 on the COVID-19 pandemic.