善用數位防疫工具【醫事綜探】 試閱
The Use of Digital Technology to Prevent Epidemics
在西非肆虐的伊波拉病毒已造成一萬多人死亡。目前打擊伊波拉病毒最具挑戰的任務是伊波拉病毒症狀解讀不一致,以及缺乏足夠資訊來控制伊波拉的擴散。身處資訊爆炸的年代,許多機構已利用數位科技,如建置大型數據資料共享平臺或利用電信通訊協助監測及預測疾病擴散之位置。臺灣雖然未發生伊波拉疫情,然資訊共享通報系統的建置是防範傳染病傳播的關鍵因素,如疾管局所設計的「防疫雲」計畫,除能增加監測之效率,亦能大大降低疫情爆發的可能。
The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 10000 people in West Africa. The most challenging tasks in combating the Ebola are the inconsistency of the interpretation Ebola symptoms and lack of sufficient information to control its spread. In the era that bombarded by digital information, many institutions have taken technological approach such as setting up massive data shared-platform or telecommunication stations to help not only monitor but also predict disease outbreaks. There are no reported Ebola cases in Taiwan. A shared information reporting system, however, is the key element to safely prevent the spread of infectious disease at an early stage, such as the Cloud Project designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for improving efficiency of disease surveillance and significantly reducing a possible disease outbreak.
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