Accepted for Publication: August 26, 2022.
Published: October 12, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.36288
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2022 Hohl CM et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Corinne M. Hohl, MD, MHSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada (corinne.hohl@ubc.ca).
Author Contributions: Drs Hohl and Rosychuk had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Hohl, Vaillancourt, Grant, Morrison, Rosychuk.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Hau, Vaillancourt, Brooks, Morrison, Perry, Rosychuk.
Drafting of the manuscript: Hohl, Hau, Rosychuk.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Hau, Vaillancourt, Rosychuk.
Obtained funding: Hohl, Brooks, Morrison, Rosychuk.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Hohl, Grant, Morrison, Perry, Rosychuk.
Supervision: Hohl.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Hohl reported receiving grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Genome BC, Health Research BC, the Canadian Immunity Task Force/Public Health Agency of Canada, Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, and Fondation du CHU de Québec during the conduct of the study. Dr Brooks reported receiving grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Genome BC, Fondation du CHU de Québec, COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, BC Academic Health Science Network, and BioTalent Canada during the conduct of the study. Dr Perry reported receiving the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada Mid-Career Salary Award outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: The network is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (447679, 464947, and 466880), Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities (C-655-2129), Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (5357), Genome BC (COV024 and VAC007), Fondation du CHU de Québec (Octroi No. 4007), and Sero-Surveillance and Research (COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Initiative), which provided peer-reviewed funding; the BC Academic Health Science Network and BioTalent Canada provided non–peer-reviewed funding.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Group Information: The Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group are listed in Supplement 2.
Additional Contributions: We gratefully acknowledge the University of British Columbia clinical coordinating centre staff; the University of British Columbia legal, ethics, privacy, and contracts staff; and the research staff at each of the participating institutions in the network. Coordinating centre and site staff were paid from research grants from not-for-profit organizations. The network would not exist today without the dedication of these professionals. Thank you to all of our patient partners who shared their lived experiences and perspectives to ensure that the knowledge we co-create addresses the concerns of patients and the public. Creating the largest network of collaboration across Canadian emergency departments would not have been feasible without the tireless efforts of emergency department chiefs as well as research coordinators and research assistants at participating sites. Finally, our most humble and sincere gratitude to all of our colleagues in medicine, nursing, and the allied health professions who have been on the front lines of this pandemic from day 1 by staffing our ambulances, emergency departments, intensive care units, and hospitals and bravely facing the risks of COVID-19 to look after our fellow citizens and after one another. We dedicate this network to you.
Additional Information: The CCEDRRN governance structure includes patient partners on the Executive, Steering, Protocol Review and Publications, Data Access and Monitoring, Knowledge Translation, and Patient Engagement Committees. The Patient Engagement Committee with patient partners from across Canada with lived experience with COVID-19 provided input into study design and manuscript writing and provided advice on knowledge translation strategies.
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