It's late, but not too late to transform health systems: a global digital citizen science observatory for local solutions to global problems
Tarun Reddy Katapally
Abstract:A key challenge in monitoring, managing, and mitigating global health crises is the need to coordinate clinical decision-making with systems outside of healthcare. In the 21st century, human engagement with Internet-connected ubiquitous devices generates an enormous amount of big data, which can be used to address complex, intersectoral problems via participatory epidemiology and mHealth approaches that can be operationalized with digital citizen science. These big data – which traditionally exist outside of h… Show more
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