Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19
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Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19. / Budd, Jobie; Miller, Benjamin S.; Manning, Erin M.; Lampos, Vasileios; Zhuang, Mengdie; Edelstein, Michael; Rees, Geraint; Emery, Vincent C.; Stevens, Molly M.; Keegan, Neil; Short, Michael J.; Pillay, Deenan; Manley, Ed; Cox, Ingemar J.; Heymann, David; Johnson, Anne M.; McKendry, Rachel A.
In: Nature Medicine, Vol. 26, No. 8, 2020, p. 1183-1192.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19
AU - Budd, Jobie
AU - Miller, Benjamin S.
AU - Manning, Erin M.
AU - Lampos, Vasileios
AU - Zhuang, Mengdie
AU - Edelstein, Michael
AU - Rees, Geraint
AU - Emery, Vincent C.
AU - Stevens, Molly M.
AU - Keegan, Neil
AU - Short, Michael J.
AU - Pillay, Deenan
AU - Manley, Ed
AU - Cox, Ingemar J.
AU - Heymann, David
AU - Johnson, Anne M.
AU - McKendry, Rachel A.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide, including population surveillance, case identification, contact tracing and evaluation of interventions on the basis of mobility data and communication with the public. These rapid responses leverage billions of mobile phones, large online datasets, connected devices, relatively low-cost computing resources and advances in machine learning and natural language processing. This Review aims to capture the breadth of digital innovations for the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide and their limitations, and barriers to their implementation, including legal, ethical and privacy barriers, as well as organizational and workforce barriers. The future of public health is likely to become increasingly digital, and we review the need for the alignment of international strategies for the regulation, evaluation and use of digital technologies to strengthen pandemic management, and future preparedness for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
AB - Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide, including population surveillance, case identification, contact tracing and evaluation of interventions on the basis of mobility data and communication with the public. These rapid responses leverage billions of mobile phones, large online datasets, connected devices, relatively low-cost computing resources and advances in machine learning and natural language processing. This Review aims to capture the breadth of digital innovations for the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide and their limitations, and barriers to their implementation, including legal, ethical and privacy barriers, as well as organizational and workforce barriers. The future of public health is likely to become increasingly digital, and we review the need for the alignment of international strategies for the regulation, evaluation and use of digital technologies to strengthen pandemic management, and future preparedness for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089188396&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41591-020-1011-4
DO - 10.1038/s41591-020-1011-4
M3 - Review
C2 - 32770165
AN - SCOPUS:85089188396
VL - 26
SP - 1183
EP - 1192
JO - Nature Medicine
JF - Nature Medicine
SN - 1078-8956
IS - 8
ER -
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