1α. Real-time capacity & demand management of COVID-19 hospital beds
The information from the Greek Ministry of Health concerning the number and the demand of available hospital beds (regular and ICU units) for COVID-19 patients needs to be available and updated in real-time and, ideally, supported by a projection for the demand in the upcoming hours and days in order to facilitate the distribution of cases. This information should be automatically generated by hospital information systems. The relevant ICD-10 WHO code (https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/covid19/en/) should be adopted and data integrated with the help of MOH BI system and the National Organization of Health Care services EOPYY system.

1β. Real-time supply chain of COVID-19 related materials and devices for all hospitals and/ or points of care
To avoid shortages of protective materials (masks, gloves, antiseptics, protective suits, etc.) and any other special equipment (e.g. respirators) to deal with COVID-19 cases, we need to monitor the inventory accessibility throughout the whole country in real-time, as well as to forecast inputs and outputs. This system will help hospitals manage the COVID-19 pandemic by creating a materials management system for the National Health Service. The supply chain for protective materials covers the entire system of healthcare services (hospital and community staff).

1γ. Real-time supply chain of COVID-19 diagnostic tests
This system should encompass all certified diagnostic centers of Greece as well as the suppliers of testing equipment. All tests that are performed need to be recorded in real-time. The system has to provide information to make decisions based on proximity and availability of tests and forecast supply needs.

CDC/EODY call center receives calls from all over Greece and needs to extends its capacity in order to avoid long waiting times. However, Many Greek municipalities and prefectures have local call centers that receive calls from citizens on various community and social topics. These call centers could help lift the burden off CDC/EODY call center by being more interconnected to serve citizens and public health objectives better.

To manage the incoming phone calls (https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19) better we need to come up with the system for services integration so that trained medical personnel can handle the increased amount of communication and make appropriate decisions (such as sending a medical help, examinations, referral to a hospital, where to transfer patients, etc.) when the need arises

Challenge specifications: Integrate support tools to help physicians undertake the remote management of COVID-19 patients or chronically ill patients suspected to have COVID-19 while ensuring the patient consent, GIPD compliance and enabling multidisciplinary medical consultations.

Shortages of necessary PPE and medical devices will continue to pose a significant problem for healthcare workers and patients around the globe. Numerous medical devices are required to treat the COVID-19 patient. We need fast and easy solutions that can be produced to solve problems defined by hospitals and other health care providers. How can we help critical patients get the live-saving medical treatment? The objective of this challenge is to create open source hardware solutions that can be easily reproduced.

4a. Mobile application: a symptom checker
Mobile applications allowing to check and monitor COVID-19 symptoms cases will be a huge help to ensure early response. The app should be able to record and keep symptoms and alerts for early medical response.

4b. COVID-19 mapping
Creating a mapping COVID-19 cases across the country when they are confirmed by visualizing the data on the current cases and predicting their future development with an integration of spatial time forecasting (GIS systems).

4c. Resources mapping
Creating a map of available resources across the country: volunteers, diagnostic laboratories, 3D printers, etc. Example: https://ethelontes.gov.gr/ (the system allows the service providers and structures in need of volunteers to identify appropriately skilled volunteers and claim their services).