Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Keele Cardiac Research Group, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Lancet Digit Health. 2020 Aug;2(8):e435-e440. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30142-4. Epub 2020 Jun 29.
With high transmissibility and no effective vaccine or therapy, COVID-19 is now a global pandemic. Government-coordinated efforts across the globe have focused on containment and mitigation, with varying degrees of success. Countries that have maintained low COVID-19 per-capita mortality rates appear to share strategies that include early surveillance, testing, contact tracing, and strict quarantine. The scale of coordination and data management required for effective implementation of these strategies has-in most successful countries-relied on adopting digital technology and integrating it into policy and health care. This Viewpoint provides a framework for the application of digital technologies in pandemic management and response, highlighting ways in which successful countries have adopted these technologies for pandemic planning, surveillance, testing, contact tracing, quarantine, and health care.
由于 COVID-19 具有高传染性且尚无有效疫苗或疗法，目前它已在全球范围内大流行。全球各国政府的协调努力侧重于遏制和缓解，取得了不同程度的成功。人均 COVID-19 死亡率较低的国家似乎采取了一些共同的策略，包括早期监测、检测、接触者追踪和严格隔离。为了有效实施这些策略，需要协调和管理大量数据，而大多数成功的国家都依赖于采用数字技术并将其整合到政策和医疗保健中。本观点提供了一个在大流行管理和应对中应用数字技术的框架，强调了成功国家采用这些技术进行大流行规划、监测、检测、接触者追踪、隔离和医疗保健的方式。
