The Use of Digital Health in the Detection and Management of COVID-19

Alwashmi, Meshari F

doi:10.3390/ijerph17082906

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“…This model, as well as being crucial in managing the COVID emergency, provides a template for remote clinical intervention also applicable to future emergencies [11]. The virtual hospital, and its ability to integrate with the regional health system (access to healthcare databases and their integration with the surveillance data, reporting of remotely provided health services), will play a central role in phase two of the epidemic as in-person office visits will have to be reserved for those few cases or single services for which virtual visits are unsuited or ineffective.…”

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COD19 and COD20: An Italian Experience of Active Home Surveillance in COVID-19 Patients

Zuccotti

Bertoli

Foppiani

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic found Italy unprepared to cope with the large concentrated numbers of patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who often required hospital admission and in many cases intensive care. This pandemic very quickly overwhelmed the Italian Healthcare System. This paper describes the Active Home Surveillance System (Operations Center for Discharged Patients; COD19) and the Home Hospital Care System (COD20) and presents the clinical data collected and the level of user satisfaction with the service. The Operations Center for Discharged Patients (COD19) is an active surveillance service for home-care patients which involves: (1) monitoring critical clinical conditions; (2) recognizing social and health issues; (3) and providing necessary clinical services in the form of a telemedicine service. COD20 is a patient-specialist video consultation service that allows to perform an assessment of clinical conditions and any need to visit; defining the priority of access to specialist outpatient visits in the presence or manageable with the new video consultation model. This service was immediately necessary during the COD19 monitoring. COD19 and COD20 are based on the Amazon Web Services Serverless certified platform. The COD19 and COD20 platform can be intrinsically utilized for future epidemic outbreaks; also those with non-respiratory transmission; and is sufficiently flexible to adapt to natural catastrophes.

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COD19 and COD20: An Italian Experience of Active Home Surveillance in COVID-19 Patients

Zuccotti

Bertoli

Foppiani

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…Such screening Biometric IoT sensors have already been implemented in several airports around the world, and unlike previous biometric systems that were used primarily for the secure validation of passengers' credentials, they are now focusing on recording detecting data features that can be used to distinguish between healthy and infected passengers. Thermal cameras have been the primary type of biometric IoT sensor that has been chosen by many airports for such detection scenarios [100], [101], as they enable the rapid detection of passengers with high fever without slowing down the screening process, avoiding physical contact which can further spread viruses or requiring more intrusive measures that the passengers may object to. An example of such a camera with thermal capabilities can be seen in Figure 4.…”

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“…With the proliferation of COVID-19, the threat of worldscale pandemics has become apparent. As a result, added measures of safety and security have been scheduled and implemented in some airports, to detect any cases of infected passengers and reduce the spread of the virus [100]. The primary methods used to screen passengers, prior to boarding is the utilisation of biometric smart sensors, specifically thermal cameras that are configured to raise alarms if the temperature of a passenger exceeds a pre-determined threshold.…”

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A Holistic Review of Cybersecurity and Reliability Perspectives in Smart Airports

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“…It has been shown that digital approaches in surveillance improve the timeliness and depth of surveillance information in high-income countries [96,97]. So far, DDS has demonstrated its potential in early detection and response to Ebola and COVID-19 epidemics [98][99][100][101]. Recently, DDS has been used in responding to COVID-19 through case detection, contact tracing and isolation, and quarantine in several countries [102].…”

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Twenty Years of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Effective Management of Infectious Disease Epidemics

Mremi

George

Rumisha

et al. 2020

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Background: Public health surveillance requires valid, timely and complete health information for early detection of outbreaks. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) adopted Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy in 1998 in response to an increased frequency of emerging and re-emerging diseases in the region. This systematic review aimed to analyse how IDSR implementation has embraced advancement in information technology, big data analytics techniques and wealth of data sources to strengthen detection and management of infectious disease epidemics in SSA. Methods: A search for eligible articles was done through HINARI, PubMed, and advanced Google Scholar databases. The review followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocols checklist. Using the key search descriptors, 1,809 articles were identified and screened at two stages and 45 studies met the inclusion criteria for detailed review.Results: Of the 45 studies, 35 were country-specific, seven studies covered the region and three studies covered 3-4 countries. A total of 24 studies assessed the IDSR core functions while 42 studies assessed the support functions. Twenty-three studies addressed both the core and support functions. Most of the studies involved Tanzania (9), Ghana (6) and Uganda (5). The implementation of the IDSR strategy has shown improvements mainly in the support functions. The Health Management Information System (HMIS) has remained the main source of IDSR data. However, the HMIS system is characterised by inadequate data completeness, timeliness, quality, analysis and utilisation as well as lack of integration of data from sources other than health care facilities. Conclusion: In most SSA, HMIS is the main source of IDSR data, characterised by incompleteness, inconsistency and inaccuracy. This data is considered to be biased and reflects only the population seeking care from healthcare facilities. Community-based event-based surveillance is weak and non-existence in the majority of the countries. Data from other systems are not effectively utilized and integrated for surveillance. It is recommended that SSA countries consider and adopt multi-sectoral, multi-disease and multi-indicator platforms that integrate the existing surveillance systems with other sources of health information to provide support to effective detection and prompt response to public health threats.

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The Use of Digital Health in the Detection and Management of COVID-19

Cited by 147 publications

References 24 publications

COD19 and COD20: An Italian Experience of Active Home Surveillance in COVID-19 Patients

COD19 and COD20: An Italian Experience of Active Home Surveillance in COVID-19 Patients

A Holistic Review of Cybersecurity and Reliability Perspectives in Smart Airports

Twenty Years of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Effective Management of Infectious Disease Epidemics

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