Healthcare IT News August 25, 2020
A case report published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association shows how algorithms can be used to augment the contact-tracing process for COVID-19 patients.
Contact tracing has become a key strategy in combating the novel coronavirus – particularly with regard to asymptomatic people who may not know they’ve been exposed.
However, trying to track down those with whom a COVID-19-positive patient has been in contact can be both time- and labor-intensive. A new case report in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association shows how one hospital in Singapore used an algorithm to improve the efficiency of the contact-tracing process.
“Prior to the establishment of the algorithm, contact tracing teams comprising six members each would...
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