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Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19
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2020-Budd-NM-accepted.pdf (375.15 KB)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Budd, Jobie
Miller, Benjamin S
Manning, Erin M
Lampos, Vasileios
Zhuang, Mengdie
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2020-08-07
Date Acceptance
2020-07-02
Citation
Nature Medicine, 2020, 26 (8), pp.1183-1192
URI
URL
DOI
ISSN
1078-8956
Publisher
Nature Research
Start Page
1183
End Page
1192
Journal / Book Title
Nature Medicine
Volume
26
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© Springer Nature America, Inc. 2020. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-1011-4
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000557134700003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
BH171988
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Research & Experimental Medicine
SURVEILLANCE
DISEASES
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-08-07