Can mHealth Technology Help Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol
; 1: 243-248, 2020.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34192282
ABSTRACT
Goal The aim of the study herein reported was to review mobile health (mHealth) technologies and explore their use to monitor and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods:
A Task Force was assembled by recruiting individuals with expertise in electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes (ePRO), wearable sensors, and digital contact tracing technologies. Its members collected and discussed available information and summarized it in a series of reports.Results:
The Task Force identified technologies that could be deployed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and would likely be suitable for future pandemics. Criteria for their evaluation were agreed upon and applied to these systems.Conclusions:
mHealth technologies are viable options to monitor COVID-19 patients and be used to predict symptom escalation for earlier intervention. These technologies could also be utilized to monitor individuals who are presumed non-infected and enable prediction of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, thus facilitating the prioritization of diagnostic testing.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Language:
En
Journal:
IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article