RESOURCE CENTER

Chapter 4: Monitor the Program and Community Safety

Observe and report outcomes as your participants return to the activities and things they love.

Chapter 1: Preparation
Chapter 2: Awareness and Outreach
Chapter 3: Administration
Chapter 4: Program Monitoring and Community Safety
Chapter 5: Closing

Widespread vaccination is the main goal, but you must also closely monitor post-vaccine periods. Your technology platform will be a key asset in helping you analyze data to look for trends in vaccine outcomes and identify potential problems. As information becomes available, you can relay these updates to your constituents – those who have already received the vaccine as well as those who are still waiting. Every opportunity you have to bring visibility and transparency to your program can help solidify the trust you’re building with your community.

People will also be anxious about what reopening will look like and wonder when they can return to work and go back to other activities. Helping society reopen and find normalcy can be made easier with the right technology platform and tools.

Use your technology platform to track outcomes.

Following up with those who’ve been vaccinated is key to understanding the broader community impact and determining vaccine program efficacy. Providing those who have been immunized with a way to report their experiences securely can help health officials understand how the vaccine is behaving among those who have received it. Your technology platform can pull any voluntarily reported outcomes into a dashboard and provide easy-to-read data visualizations and insights about them.

Ensure community safety during reopening.

Reopening community spaces such as businesses and schools will present challenges. New tracking and technology can help ensure offices, events, and other businesses are safe for people as vaccination campaigns continue.

Just as schools typically require certain immunizations for students, businesses around the world may rely on some form of proof of health status to help ensure safety as offices and other spaces reopen. Employees and visitors can then trust that those spaces are safe for them to return. If an organization requires a health passport, it should consider availability and security.

Access to services or benefits should not depend entirely on the use of an application or specific technology. Your platform can be a helpful tool for your team members and stakeholders, but it should be complemented with non-digital alternatives to accommodate those in your community who may not have easy access to a smartphone, the internet, or other technology. For example, if an individual needs to attest to their health status prior to attending an event, rather than pulling up an email or logging in to an app, they should be able to provide a printout of their vaccination status or a negative COVID-19 test result.

Tools like these can provide opportunities to safely reopen but should require an opt-in and explicit consent from participants. Digital solutions should be secure and verifiable while preserving a user’s privacy.