TY - JOUR
T1 - Emerging technologies used in health management and efficiency improvement during different contact tracing phases against COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Gendy, Maggie Ezzat Gaber
AU - Yuce, Mehmet Rasit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
IEEE
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Confronted with the COVID-19 health crisis, the year 2020 represented a turning point for the entire world. It paved the way for health-care systems to reaffirm their foundations by using different technologies such as sensors, wearables, mobile applications, drones, robots, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT). A lot of domains have been renovated such as diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring, as well as previously unprecedented domains such as contact tracing. Contact tracing, in conjunction with the emergence, spread, and public compliance for vaccines, was a critical step for controlling and limiting the spread of the pandemic. Traditional contact tracing is usually dependent on individuals ability to recall their interactions, which is challenging and yet not effective. Consequently, further development and usage of automated, privacy-preserving, digital contact-tracing was required. As the pandemic is coming to an end, it is vital to collect and learn the effective used technologies that aided in fighting the virus in order to be prepared for any future pandemics and to be aware of any literature gaps that must be filled. This paper surveys state-of-the-art architectures, platforms, and applications combating COVID-19 at each phase of the five basic contact tracing phases, including case identification, contacts identification and rapid exposure notification, surveillance, regular follow up and prevention. In addition, there is a phase of preparation and post-pandemic services for current and needed future technology that will aid in the fight against any incoming infectious diseases.
AB - Confronted with the COVID-19 health crisis, the year 2020 represented a turning point for the entire world. It paved the way for health-care systems to reaffirm their foundations by using different technologies such as sensors, wearables, mobile applications, drones, robots, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT). A lot of domains have been renovated such as diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring, as well as previously unprecedented domains such as contact tracing. Contact tracing, in conjunction with the emergence, spread, and public compliance for vaccines, was a critical step for controlling and limiting the spread of the pandemic. Traditional contact tracing is usually dependent on individuals ability to recall their interactions, which is challenging and yet not effective. Consequently, further development and usage of automated, privacy-preserving, digital contact-tracing was required. As the pandemic is coming to an end, it is vital to collect and learn the effective used technologies that aided in fighting the virus in order to be prepared for any future pandemics and to be aware of any literature gaps that must be filled. This paper surveys state-of-the-art architectures, platforms, and applications combating COVID-19 at each phase of the five basic contact tracing phases, including case identification, contacts identification and rapid exposure notification, surveillance, regular follow up and prevention. In addition, there is a phase of preparation and post-pandemic services for current and needed future technology that will aid in the fight against any incoming infectious diseases.
KW - case identification
KW - Computer viruses
KW - Contact tracing
KW - contacts identification
KW - COVID-19
KW - Databases
KW - Diseases
KW - Drones
KW - Healthcare
KW - Infectious disease
KW - Pandemics
KW - post-pandemic services
KW - rapid exposure notification
KW - regular follow up
KW - Testing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141597622&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/RBME.2022.3219433
DO - 10.1109/RBME.2022.3219433
M3 - Article
C2 - 36331632
AN - SCOPUS:85141597622
SN - 1941-1189
VL - 16
SP - 38
EP - 52
JO - IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering
JF - IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering
ER -