Mobile Applications for COVID-19: Benefits, Technologies and Future Research Opportunities
Mobile Applications for COVID-19: Benefits, Technologies and Future Research Opportunities
Author(s): Alem Čolaković, Amel Kosovac, Nermin Goran, Ermin Muharemović, Ajdin Džananović, Adisa Medić, Muamer DerviševićSubject(s): ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science
Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; mobile applications; mHealth; health monitoring; contact tracing
Summary/Abstract: The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as one of the greatest problems of the 21st century worldwide. Efforts to fight this pandemic require a global co-operation and a multidisciplinary approach. An application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to a great degree contributes to fighting the pandemic as these technologies are one of the key services that assist patients, researchers, health institutions and other interested parties in different activities in an effort to fight the pandemic and its consequences. The present paper presents the features of certain mobile applications (apps) that are being used for different purposes such as: tracking patients, COVID-19-related warnings, keeping tracks of statistical data, organising life and business, etc. Aside from presenting the features of a certain number of applications, a review of technologies used for the development of these applications will also be presented. Furthermore, the paper addresses certain challenges that come along with the mobile technologies applications and offers suggestions for future research.
Journal: TEM Journal
- Issue Year: 10/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 1461-1469
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English