Leadership during the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic is complex and involves coordinated efforts between multiple levels of leadership from the medical, installation, local, state, and federal levels. Medical intelligence is critical to successful pandemic threat mitigation. We describe one of the first coronavirus (Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19)) impacted Department of Defense Medical Treatment Facility’s strategic activation of a COVID-19 Medical Intelligence Team (MIT), the products developed, and lessons learned during the pandemic onset. The MIT bridged COVID-19 knowledge and policy gaps by developing and delivering daily intelligence briefings on four domains: epidemiology and infectious disease, healthcare capabilities and infrastructure, policy and regulations, and diagnostics and therapeutic interventions. Twenty-three products were developed and delivered to aid in leadership decision-making and local policy development in the absence of higher-level policy and guidance. Employing MITs in future pandemic response strategy may more effectively mitigate pandemic threats and improve force health protection.

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医学情报团队的经验教训：早期激活和知识产品开发减轻 COVID-19 威胁

新型冠状病毒大流行期间的领导是复杂的，涉及医疗、安装、地方、州和联邦各级领导层之间的协调努力。医学情报对于成功缓解流行病威胁至关重要。我们描述了第一个冠状病毒（冠状病毒病-2019 (COVID-19)）影响国防部医疗设施战略性激活 COVID-19 医疗情报团队 (MIT)、开发的产品以及在大流行发作期间吸取的教训. 麻省理工学院通过开发和提供关于四个领域的每日情报简报来弥合 COVID-19 知识和政策差距：流行病学和传染病、医疗保健能力和基础设施、政策和法规以及诊断和治疗干预。在缺乏更高级别的政策和指导的情况下，开发并交付了 23 种产品，以帮助领导决策和地方政策制定。在未来的大流行应对策略中使用 MIT 可以更有效地减轻大流行威胁并改善部队健康保护。