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Exposure notification : benefits and challenges of smartphone applications to augment contact tracing: report to congressional addressees.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office, author.
- Series:
- United States. Government Accountability Office. Technology assessment
- Technology assessment / United States Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- COVID-19 (Disease)--United States--Prevention.
- COVID-19 (Disease).
- COVID-19 (Disease)--Transmission--United States.
- Contact tracing (Epidemiology)--United States.
- Contact tracing (Epidemiology).
- Public health surveillance--United States.
- Public health surveillance.
- Smartphones--United States.
- Smartphones.
- Mobile apps--United States.
- Mobile apps.
- Electronic surveillance.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 54 pages) : color illustrations, color map.
- Other Title:
- Benefits and challenges of smartphone applications to augment contact tracing
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2021.
- Summary:
- With the emergence and rapid global spread of COVID-19, smartphone apps have been developed to supplement manual contact tracing, which is a public health measure used to slow the spread of infectious disease. GAO was asked to conduct a technology assessment of exposure notification apps. This report discusses (1) the benefits of exposure notification apps; (2) the current level of deployment in the U.S.; (3) challenges affecting their use; and (4) policy options that may help address these challenges for future use. GAO analyzed information from a selection of states. GAO is identifying policy options in this report.
- Contents:
- Introduction.
- 1 Background.
- 1.1 COVID-19.
- 1.2 Manual contact tracing for COVID-19.
- 1.3 Roles of states, federal agencies, and other stakeholders.
- 2. Benefits and design of exposure notification apps.
- 2.1 Exposure notification apps are expected to provide enhanced speed and reach.
- 2.2 How exposure notification apps work.
- 2.3 Apps can use either a centralized, decentralized, or hybrid system to manage data.
- 2.4 States are widely using the Google and Apple Exposure Notifications system.
- 3 Deployment and adoption of exposure notification apps.
- 3.1 Abut half of the states have deployed an exposure notification app.
- 3.2 About half of the states use a customized app.
- 3.3 States reported that app development time and cost varied based on several factors.
- 3.4 Officials reported varying download levels and use.
- 4. Challenges associated with exposure notification apps.
- 4.1 Accuracy of measurements.
- 4.2 Privacy and security concerns.
- 4.3 Adoption and use of apps.
- 4.4 Verification code delays.
- 4.5 Limited evidence of effectiveness.
- 5 Policy options that could help address challenges for future use.
- 5.1 Policy option: research and development.
- 5.2 Policy option: privacy and security standards and best practices.
- 5.3 Policy option: best practices to measure effectiveness.
- 5.4 Policy option: enhance the national strategy.
- 6 Agency and expert comments.
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- "September 2021."
- "GAO-21-104622."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO, viewed on Jan. 24, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1283923832
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