Observatory for Monitoring Data-Driven Approaches to Covid-19 ("OMDDAC")

OMDDAC将提供一个全国性的公共空间，以巩固围绕数据驱动的COVID-19方法的知识和理解，重点关注法律、道德、政策和运营挑战。公共部门、学术界和工业界正在迅速制定数据驱动的应对措施。这些措施包括将数字健康数据集整合到一个仪表板中，使用通信数据绘制趋势图，监控无人机的隔离行为和自动车牌识别，以及使用蓝牙数据进行接触者追踪。以“一维”的方式开发技术（纳菲尔德生物伦理委员会2020年），没有适当考虑潜在的价值观和判断、背景和由此产生的干预措施，给个人带来了很高的错误风险、有限的功效和意想不到的后果。OMDACC的目的是提供一种长期机制，以回应公众舆论的方式减轻这些风险。这将通过采用创新的混合方法研究设计、结合案例研究分析、利益相关者访谈、有代表性的公众调查和制定以从业者为重点的指导方针来实现。通过整理这一时期所吸取的经验教训，虐发研发委员会将为大流行病管理方面的政策和公众思想提供不可或缺的信息。联合王国必须制定一个框架，管理可在突发公共卫生事件期间部署的数据驱动方法的使用。利用一系列强大的实践和学术专业知识，并与Ada Lovelace研究所等有影响力的支持合作伙伴合作，OMDDAC旨在促进这一进程。

OMDDAC will provide a national, public space for the consolidation of knowledge and understanding around data-driven approaches to COVID-19, focused upon legal, ethical, policy and operational challenges. Data-driven responses are being developed rapidly across the public sector, academia and industry. These include combining digital health datasets within a single dashboard, use of communications data to map trends, monitoring of quarantine behaviour by drones and automated number plate recognition, and access to Bluetooth data for contact tracing. Developing technology in a 'one-dimensional' way (Nuffield Council on Bioethics 2020) without appropriate consideration of underlying values and judgements, the context and resulting interventions brings with it a high risk of errors, limited efficacy and unintended consequences for individuals. OMDACC's purpose is to provide a long-term mechanism to mitigate these risks in a way that responds to public opinion. This will be achieved by adopting an innovative mixed-methods research design, incorporating case study analysis, stakeholder interviews, representative public surveys, and the development of practitioner-focussed guidelines.By collating lessons learned throughout this period, OMDDAC will be integral to informing both policy and public thinking regarding pandemic management. It is imperative that the UK develops a framework governing the use of data-driven approaches that can be deployed during public health emergencies. Drawing on a powerful range of practical and academic expertise, and working with influential supporting partners such as the Ada Lovelace Institute, OMDDAC is designed to facilitate this process.