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Designing Digital COVID-19 Screening: Insights and Deliberations

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  • Soojeong Yoo

    (Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS), University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK)

  • Natalia Gulbransen-Diaz

    (School of Architecture, Planning and Design, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia)

  • Callum Parker

    (School of Architecture, Planning and Design, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia)

  • Audrey P. Wang

    (Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    DHI Laboratory, Research Education Network, Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead Health Precinct, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia)

Abstract

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, public health control and screening measures have been introduced at healthcare facilities, including those housing our most vulnerable populations. These warning measures situated at hospital entrances are presently labour-intensive, requiring additional staff to conduct manual temperature checks and risk-assessment questionnaires of every individual entering the premises. To make this process more efficient, we present eGate, a digital COVID-19 health-screening smart Internet of Things system deployed at multiple entry points around a children’s hospital. This paper reports on design insights based on the experiences of concierge screening staff stationed alongside the eGate system. Our work contributes towards social–technical deliberations on how to improve design and deploy of digital health-screening systems in hospitals. It specifically outlines a series of design recommendations for future health screening interventions, key considerations relevant to digital screening control systems and their implementation, and the plausible effects on the staff who work alongside them.

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  • Soojeong Yoo & Natalia Gulbransen-Diaz & Callum Parker & Audrey P. Wang, 2023. "Designing Digital COVID-19 Screening: Insights and Deliberations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-17, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:5:p:3899-:d:1076681
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    1. Natalia Gulbransen-Diaz & Soojeong Yoo & Audrey P. Wang, 2023. "Nurse, Give Me the News! Understanding Support for and Opposition to a COVID-19 Health Screening System," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-18, January.
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