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dc.contributor.authorVokinger, Kerstin N. et al.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-01T21:29:37Z
dc.date.available2020-06-01T21:29:37Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-17
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20282en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/1678
dc.description.abstractAs COVID-19 spreads across the globe, crowdsourced digital technology harbours the potential to improve surveillance and epidemic control, primarily through increased information coverage, higher information speed, fast case tracking and improved proximity tracing. Targeting those aims, COVID-19-related smartphone and web-based health applications are continuously emerging, leading to a multitude of options, raising ethical and legal challenges and potentially overwhelming end users. Building on an existing trustworthiness checklist for digital health applications, we searched the literature and developed a framework to guide the assessment of smartphone and web-based applications that aim to contribute to controlling the current epidemic or mitigating its effects. It further integrates epidemiological subject knowledge and a legal analysis, outlining the mechanisms through which new applications can support the fight against COVID-19. The resulting framework includes 40 questions across 8 domains on “purpose”, “usability”, “information accuracy”, “organisational attributes / reputation”, “transparency”, “privacy” and “user control / self-determination”. All questions should be primarily answerable from publicly available data, as provided by application manufacturers. The framework aims to guide end users in choosing a transparent, safe and valuable application and suggests a set of information items that developers ideally make available to allow a balanced judgement and facilitate the trustworthiness of their products.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectCoronavirusen_US
dc.subjectInfectious Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectTelemedicineen_US
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectChecklisten_US
dc.titleDigital health and the COVID-19 epidemic: an assessment framework for apps from an epidemiological and legal perspectiveen_US
eihealth.countryOthersen_US
eihealth.categoryClinical characterization and managementen_US
eihealth.categoryPublic Health Interventionsen_US
eihealth.typePublished Articleen_US
eihealth.maincategorySave Lives / Salvar Vidasen_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSwiss Medical Weeklyen_US


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