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Blockchain-Based Digital Contact Tracing Apps for COVID-19 Pandemic Management: Issues, Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions

JMIR Medical Informatics, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial global disturbance by affecting more than 42 million people (as of the end of October 2020). Since there is no medication or vaccine available, the only way to combat it is to minimize transmission.
Idrees, Sheikh Mohammad, Nowostawski, Mariusz, Jameel, Roshan   +2 more
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Digital Public Health Solutions in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparative Analysis of Contact Tracing Solutions Deployed in Japan and Germany

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
BackgroundIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous countries, including the likes of Japan and Germany, initiated, developed, and deployed digital contact tracing solutions in an effort to detect and interrupt COVID-19 ...
Candice Louw
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Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance [PDF]

, 2020
As public health professionals around the world work tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that traditional methods of contact tracing need to be augmented in order to help address a public health crisis of unprecedented scope ...
Johns Hopkins Project on Ethics and Governance of Digital Contact Tracing Technologies, Kahn, Jeffrey   +1 more
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Next Generation Technology for Epidemic Prevention and Control: Data-Driven Contact Tracking

IEEE Access, 2019
Contact tracking is one of the key technologies in prevention and control of infectious diseases. In the face of a sudden infectious disease outbreak, contact tracking systems can help medical professionals quickly locate and isolate infected persons and
Hechang Chen, Bo Yang, Hongbin Pei, Jiming Liu   +3 more
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Technology, Privacy, and User Opinions of COVID-19 Mobile Apps for Contact Tracing: Systematic Search and Content Analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundMany countries across the globe have released their own COVID-19 contact tracing apps. This has resulted in the proliferation of several apps that used a variety of technologies.
Elkhodr, Mahmoud, Mubin, Omar, Iftikhar, Zainab, Masood, Maleeha, Alsinglawi, Belal, Shahid, Suleman, Alnajjar, Fady   +6 more
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The Dutch COVID-19 Contact Tracing App (the CoronaMelder): Usability Study

JMIR Formative Research, 2021
BackgroundAdoption and evaluation of contact tracing tools based on information and communications technology may expand the reach and efficacy of traditional contact tracing methods in fighting COVID-19.
Bente, Britt Elise, van 't Klooster, Jan Willem Jaap Roderick, Schreijer, Maud Annemarie, Berkemeier, Lea, van Gend, Joris Elmar, Slijkhuis, Peter Jan Hendrik, Kelders, Saskia Marion, van Gemert-Pijnen, Julia Elisabeth Wilhelmina Cornelia   +7 more
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A Bluetooth-Based Architecture for Contact Tracing in Healthcare Facilities

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 2020
With the latest standard releases, Bluetooth technology is becoming more and more relevant for building and industrial automation. At the same time, Bluetooth is now becoming fundamental for contact tracing applications, to support monitoring and ...
Piergiuseppe Di Marco, Pangun Park, Marco Pratesi, Fortunato Santucci   +3 more
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Using Innovation to Develop Digital Tools for Public Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

European Medical Journal, 2021
Introduction: Technology has played a key role in enabling public health to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic at a pace and scale never seen before. The Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI) assisted with development of two new digital services
Kate Mark, Jay Bradley, Chaloner Chute, Colin Sumpter, Mahmood Adil, George Crooks   +5 more
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Peer-to-Peer Contact Tracing: Development of a Privacy-Preserving Smartphone App

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020
BackgroundThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an urgent public health crisis, with epidemiologic models predicting severe consequences, including high death rates, if the virus is permitted to run its course without any intervention
Yasaka, Tyler M, Lehrich, Brandon M, Sahyouni, Ronald   +2 more
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Epidemic Exposure Tracking With Wearables: A Machine Learning Approach to Contact Tracing

IEEE Access, 2022
The recent pandemic revealed weaknesses in several areas, including the limited capacity of public health systems for efficient case tracking and reporting.
Pai Chet Ng, Petros Spachos, Stefano Gregori, Konstantinos N. Plataniotis   +3 more
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