Health IT Analytics May 7, 2021
The predictive analytics model could serve as an alternative to contact tracing for anticipating disease spread.
A predictive analytics model can forecast where disease will spread from an outbreak, in what patterns, and how quickly, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, public health leaders viewed contact tracing as the most effective way to anticipate the virus’s migration from the initial, densely populated hot spots to try to curb its spread. Months later, infections were nonetheless recorded in similar patterns in nearly every region of the country, both urban and rural.
A team of environmental engineers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) sought to find a new...
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