Lessons Learned from Moving to Virtual/Hybrid EOCs in the COVID-19 Response

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many Emergency Operations Center’s (EOC) across the nation remain operational in a virtual environment for the safety of public health staff. In. this blog, ASTHO’s Directors of Public Health Preparedness (DPHP) Network share a range of challenges the DPHPs, as response leads, have learned to address, including inconsistent connectivity, greater need for remote capabilities, and improved software to facilitate operations management and reporting.