In the Face of a Crisis We Stand Together and Fight

The Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center is a collection of highly skilled, motivated, and collaborative “Doers” from all corners of the Mount Sinai Health System.

Our Mission

The Mount Sinai Covid Informatics Center (MSCIC) aims to translate and unify all clinical data in the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) into actionable information and insights to combat the current threat of Covid-19 and ensure we are battle-ready for future crises.

Warrior Watch Study

The Warrior Watch Study supports health care warriors throughout the Mount Sinai Health Care System’s battle with COVID-19. Led by Robert Hirten, MD and Zahi Fayad, PhD, the study draws upon the collaborative efforts of the Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center (MSCIC) and is open to all employees in the health system. It uses a unique phone App to administer questions and collects data from an Apple Watch, worn by participants, in order to better understand the impact of COVID-19. Utilizing this unique digital platform, the project has to goals: to study and understand the impact that COVID-19 is having on the psychological well-being of health care workers and how this stress can be relieved, and to identify COVID-19 infections in our employees prior to the development of symptoms.

Those who are interested are encouraged to reach out to the study team by emailing covid.hcw@mssm.edu.

The Wellness Hub App

Mount Sinai recognizes the toll fighting COVID-19 is taking on our health care workers, including doctors, nurses, trainees, students, chaplains, social workers and support staff. The trauma and grief of losing patients, the anxiety over potentially exposing family members to the virus, and fears of contracting COVID-19 themselves can take a toll. We know that our staff have been working at an intensity level so stressful that many will likely suffer mental health consequences and we also know that many of the same strengths that our workers have brought to bear in the fight against the coronavirus will help them through this.

In collaboration with MSCIC, HPI.MS has created an app for healthcare workers to focus on their mental health and wellbeing, as well as providing resources for how to cope and where to go to speak to someone in the Health System. The Wellness Hub app is for personal use and will allow healthcare workers to journal daily and track their feelings overtime, assess their mental health with screeners and scores to understand their results, display educational content and videos for coping with stressors, provide resources available at the Center, such as a 24 hour hotline and appointment schedulers. The goal of the app is to provide a tool that will help our workers recover and even become more resilient, helping to ensure the future of our health care system.