Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response

Description:

"Technologies of digital contact tracing have been used in several countries to help in the surveillance and containment of COVID-19. These technologies have promise, but they also raise important ethical, legal, and governance challenges that require comprehensive analysis in order to support decision-making. Johns Hopkins University recognized the importance of helping to guide this process and organized an expert group with members from inside and outside the university. This expert group urges a stepwise approach that prioritizes the alignment of technology with public health needs, building choice into design architecture and capturing real-world results and impacts to allow for adjustments as required"--

subjects: Medical ethics,  COVID-19 (Disease),  Contact tracing (Epidemiology),  Coronavirus infections,  Public health surveillance,  Medical policy,  Medical technology,  Cell phones,  COVID-19,  Epidemiology,  Contact Tracing,  Ethics,  Practice Guidelines as Topic,  Public health