California Healthline July 7, 2020
Bernard J. Wolfson

My 18-year-old daughter, Caroline, responded quickly when I told her that she’d soon be able to download an app to alert her when she had been in risky proximity to someone with COVID-19, and that public health officials hoped to fight the pandemic with such apps.

“Yeah, but nobody will use them,” she replied.

My young smartphone addict’s dismissal sums up a burning question facing technologists around the country as they seek to develop and roll out apps to track the newly resurgent pandemic.

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Apps, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, mHealth, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology
Why Modern Developers Must Master The Balance Of Privacy And Functionality In Mobile Apps
Concord Technologies Acquires Top-Rated Salesforce App Provider, Opero
Centene boosts medication adherence, lowers Medicaid costs through mobile app: Study
Epic Unveils Expanded APIs for Healthcare App Developers
NHS pilots iPhone app to rule out throat cancer

Share This Article