Applications of digital technology in Covid-19 pandemic planning and response

Bibliographic Data

ID23323416
AuthorsSera Whitelaw (Impact), Mamas A Mamas (0000-0001-9241-8890, University of Manchester), Eric J Topol (0000-0002-1478-4729, Scripps Research Institute), Eric Topol, Harriette G C Van Spall (0000-0002-8370-4569, Population Health Research Institute, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume2
Issue8
Pagese435-e440
Publication date2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Lancet Digital Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2589-7500 • E-ISSN: 2589-7500
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s2589-7500(20)30142-4
PMID32835201
OpenAlexW3037795158
LanguageEN
Citations received133
References cited10

With high transmissibility and no effective vaccine or therapy, COVID-19 is now a global pandemic. Government-coordinated efforts across the globe have focused on containment and mitigation, with varying degrees of success. Countries that have maintained low COVID-19 per-capita mortality rates appear to share strategies that include early surveillance, testing, contact tracing, and strict quarantine. The scale of coordination and data management required for effective implementation of these strategies has-in most successful countries-relied on adopting digital technology and integrating it into policy and health care. This Viewpoint provides a framework for the application of digital technologies in pandemic management and response, highlighting ways in which successful countries have adopted these technologies for pandemic planning, surveillance, testing, contact tracing, quarantine, and health care.

Business · Contact tracing · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Pandemic · Quarantine · Scale (ratio) · COVID-19 diagnosis using AI · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Medicine