Digital contact tracing for pandemic response : ethics and governance guidance / edited by Jeffrey P. Kahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kahn, Jeffrey P., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease).

Contact tracing (Epidemiology).

Physical Description:

xiv, 139 pages.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"As public health professionals around the world work tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that traditional methods of contact tracing need to be augmented in order to help address a public health crisis of unprecedented scope. Innovators worldwide are racing to develop and implement novel public-facing technology solutions, including digital contact tracing technology. These technological products may aid public health surveillance and containment strategies for this pandemic and become part of the larger toolbox for future infectious outbreak prevention and control. As technology evolves in an effort to meet our current moment, Johns Hopkins Project on Ethics and Governance of Digital Contact Tracing Technologies a rapid research and expert consensus group effort led by Dr. Jeffrey Kahn of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics in collaboration with the university's Center for Health Security carried out an in-depth analysis of the technology and the issues it raises. Drawing on this analysis, they produced a report that includes detailed recommendations for technology companies, policymakers, institutions, employers, and the public. The project brings together perspectives from bioethics, health security, public health, technology development, engineering, public policy, and law to wrestle with the complex interactions of the many facets of the technology and its applications. This team of experts from Johns Hopkins University and other world-renowned institutions has crafted clear and detailed guidelines to help manage the creation, implementation, and application of digital contact tracing. Digital Contact Tracing Technology for Pandemic Response is the essential resource for this fast-moving crisis. "--Publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Lead Authors and Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Summary

Introduction

DCTT Features, Functions, and Potential Applications

Summary of Recommendations

Summary of Analysis

Guiding Principles for the Use of Digital Public Health Technologies for Pandemic Response

1. Public Health Perspective

Types of Information Collected through Contact Tracing

How Contact Tracing Information Informs Public Health Action

Characteristics That Make Data Useful to Public Health for Reducing Disease Transmission

2. Digital Technology and Contact Tracing

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Relevant to Candidate Digital Solutions

Previously Existing Contact Tracing Technologies

Introduction of Novel Digital Contact Tracing Technologies

Relevant Differences between Manual and Digital Contact Tracing

3. Ethics of Designing and Using DCTT

Justifying the Use of DCTT Systems

Monitoring and Evaluating Technologies to Inform Policy and Practice

Public Trust and Public Attitudes

Designing Flexible Technology to Maximize Public Health Utility While Respecting Other Values

Policy Positions to Advance Widespread Use of Digital Contact Tracing Technologies

Disclosure and Authorization/Consent

Promoting Equity and Fairness

Instituting Transparent Governance and Oversight

4 Legal Considerations

Data Privacy and Data Security Laws

Health Information Privacy

Labor and Employment Privacy Rights

Constitutional Privacy Rights

Consent

Anti-discrimination and Individual Freedom Laws

5. Recommendations

Public Health

Ethics

Legislative

Resources

US Government Response

Other Governmental and Nongovernmental Organizations.

Digital Contact Tracing Experiences from Other Countries

Specific Digital Products/Apps

Polling

Popular Press

Commentaries

Academic Literature

Works Cited.

Notes:

Works cited: pages 127-139.

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