FluMob: Enabling Surveillance of Acute Respiratory Infections in Health-care Workers via Mobile Phones

Frontiers in Public Health

May Oo Lwin¹ 

关键词: mobile-health;    influenza;    mobile phones;    application;    health-care workers;    surveillance;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2017.00049

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Singapore is a hotspot for emerging infectious diseases and faces a constant risk of pandemic outbreaks as a major travel and health hub for Southeast Asia. With an increasing penetration of smart phone usage in this region, Singapore’s pandemic preparedness framework can be strengthened by applying a mobile-based approach to health surveillance and control, and improving upon existing ideas by addressing gaps, such as a lack of health communication. FluMob is a digitally integrated syndromic surveillance system designed to assist health authorities in obtaining real-time epidemiological and surveillance data from health-care workers (HCWs) within Singapore, by allowing them to report influenza incidence using smartphones. The system, integrating a fully responsive web-based interface and a mobile interface, is made available to HCW using various types of mobile devices and web browsers. Real-time data generated from FluMob will be complementary to current health-care- and laboratory-based systems. This paper describes the development of FluMob, as well as challenges faced in the creation of the system.

【 授权许可】

CC BY