Contact tracing is an old and time-tested tactic of managing outbreaks involving infectious diseases. By keeping records of the infected’s contact with other individuals, public health organizations and governmental agencies…
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Smartphone adoption is spreading rapidly throughout the world. According to Statista, as of 2019, there were approximately 3.2 billion smartphone users in the world. Globally, smartphone penetration rates are around…
Since its emergence in early February 2020, COVID-19 has spread to more than 6 million people across the globe and over 400,000 people have died. As is the case with…
There is a lot of buzz in the media recently about contact tracing apps for smartphones. These apps are touted as being a new solution for pandemic management in the…
Human-in-the-loop (HITL) machine learning algorithms are an exciting new branch of artificial intelligence that combines the best of human and machine learning models. With HITL systems, human beings themselves play…
Contact tracing is a necessary part of coordinated pandemic response. Contact tracing allows public health officials to get ahead of the spread of disease by tracing contact between infected and…
One of the most difficult parts of managing a pandemic is figuring out its path of transmission. Scientists rely on sophisticated computer models to predict the spread of disease on…
Coronavirus has spread across the entire globe. As of the time of writing, the WHO reports over 3 million cases globally and over 250.000 people have died. So far, COVID-19…
SafeTrack is distinguished from other public health management programs due to its reliance on low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN). LPWANs are cost-efficient and can be implemented in regions that might not…
Traditionally, patient interactions with doctors in a medical context have been limited to face-to-cafe consultation, telecommunications, or email. If patients needed to be continuously monitored, the only way they could…
