ArticleAnnals of internal medicine2021
Ethical Framework for Assessing Manual and Digital Contact Tracing for COVID-19.
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- A language-matching model to improve equity and efficiency of COVID-19 contact tracing.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Trial
- The Role of Transparency in Digital Contact Tracing During COVID-19: Insights from an Expert Survey.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
- Discrimination and technology-based disease control.PloS one · 2026Article
- Source Robust Non-Parametric Reconstruction of Epidemic-like Event-Based Network Diffusion Processes Under Online Data.Big data and cognitive computing · 2025Article
- Ethical frameworks should be applied to computational modelling of infectious disease interventions.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Evaluating the Added Value of Digital Contact Tracing Support Tools for Citizens: Framework Development.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Use of a digital contact tracing system in Singapore to mitigate COVID-19 spread.BMC public health · 2023Review
- Cultural Implications Regarding Privacy in Digital Contact Tracing Algorithms: Method Development and Empirical Ethics Analysis of a German and a Japanese Approach to Contact Tracing.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- A Survey on harnessing the Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions.Computer networks · 2023Review
- Assessing personal exposure to COVID-19 transmission in public indoor spaces based on fine-grained trajectory data: A simulation study.Building and environment · 2022Article
- Persuasive Design Techniques and App Design Recommendations to Improve Health Workforce Capability in Rural Health Professionals: What Do Users Want and How Does an App Help?JMIR human factors · 2022Article
- Delineating privacy aspects of COVID tracing applications embedded with proximity measurement technologies & digital technologies.Technology in society · 2022Article
- Digital Contact Tracing Apps for COVID-19: Development of a Citizen-Centered Evaluation Framework.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Review
- Attitudes Toward Mobile Apps for Pandemic Research Among Smartphone Users in Germany: National Survey.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Article
- A survey of COVID-19 detection and prediction approaches using mobile devices, AI, and telemedicine.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2022Review
- Tracing app technology: an ethical review in the COVID-19 era and directions for post-COVID-19.Ethics and information technology · 2022Review
- Effectiveness of Contact Tracing for Viral Disease Mitigation and Suppression: Evidence-Based Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Review
- Appraisal of a Contact Tracing Training Program for COVID-19 in Greece Focusing on Vulnerable Populations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence of bacterial contamination of touchscreens and posterior surfaces of smartphones owned by healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Best Practice Guidance for Digital Contact Tracing Apps: A Cross-disciplinary Review of the Literature.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Review
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Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged the traditional public health balance between benefiting the good of the community through contact tracing and restricting individual liberty. This article first analyzes important technical and ethical issues regarding new smartphone apps that facilitate contact tracing and exposure notification. It then presents a framework for assessing contact tracing, whether manual or digital: the effectiveness at mitigating the pandemic; acceptability of risks, particularly privacy; and equitable distribution of benefits and risks. Both manual and digital contact tracing require public trust, engagement of minority communities, prompt COVID-19 testing and return of results, and high adherence with physical distancing and use of masks.
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