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How Digital technology initiatives were used in pandemic preparedness and response ?
How Digital technology initiatives were used in pandemic preparedness and response ?

May 11, 2021

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Digital health technology can facilitate pandemic strategy and response in ways that are difficult to achieve manually. Countries such as South Korea have integrated digital technology into government-coordinated containment and mitigation processes—including surveillance, testing, contact tracing, and strict quarantine.

 

Tracking Disease Activity in Real Time

Technology Stack: Data dashboards; migration maps; machine learning; real-time data from smartphones and wearable technology

Advantages: Allows visual depiction of spread; directs border restrictions; guides resource allocation; informs forecasts

 

Individual Screening for disease

Technology Stack: Artificial intelligence; digital thermometers; mobile phone applications; thermal cameras; web-based toolkits

Advantages: Provides information on disease prevalence and pathology; identifies individuals for testing, contact tracing, and isolation

 

Contact Tracing

Identifies and tracks individuals who might have come into contact with an infected person

Technology Stack: Global positioning systems; mobile phone applications; real-time monitoring of mobile devices; wearable technology

Advantages: Identifies exposed individuals for testing and quarantine; tracks viral spread

 

Clinical Management

Diagnoses infected individuals; monitors clinical status; predicts clinical outcomes; provides capacity for telemedicine services and virtual care

Technology Stack: Artificial intelligence for diagnostics; machine learning; virtual care or telemedicine platforms

Advantages: Assists with clinical decision-making, diagnostics, and risk prediction; enables efficient service delivery; facilitates patient-centred, remote care; facilitates infection control


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