Published on in Vol 9, No 6 (2021): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/27753, first published .
Best Practice Guidance for Digital Contact Tracing Apps: A Cross-disciplinary Review of the Literature

Best Practice Guidance for Digital Contact Tracing Apps: A Cross-disciplinary Review of the Literature

Best Practice Guidance for Digital Contact Tracing Apps: A Cross-disciplinary Review of the Literature

James O'Connell   1 , MB BCh BAO, MSc ;   Manzar Abbas   1 , BSc, MSc ;   Sarah Beecham   1 , PhD ;   Jim Buckley   1 , PhD ;   Muslim Chochlov   1 , PhD ;   Brian Fitzgerald   1 , PhD ;   Liam Glynn   2 , MD ;   Kevin Johnson   3 , BEng, MEng, PhD ;   John Laffey   4, 5 , BSc, MB, MA, MD ;   Bairbre McNicholas   4, 5 , BSc, MB BCh, PhD ;   Bashar Nuseibeh   1, 6 , PhD, MAE, MRIA ;   Michael O'Callaghan   2 , BM, BS, BEng, MSc ;   Ian O'Keeffe   1 , BA, BAI, MSc, PhD ;   Abdul Razzaq   1 , PhD ;   Kaavya Rekanar   1 , BTech, MSc ;   Ita Richardson   1 , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Andrew Simpkin   7 , PhD ;   Cristiano Storni   1 , PhD ;   Damyanka Tsvyatkova   1 , PhD ;   Jane Walsh   8 , PhD ;   Thomas Welsh   1 , PhD ;   Derek O'Keeffe   1, 4, 5 , BEng, MB BCh BAO, MEng, MD, PhD

1 Lero, Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

2 School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

3 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

4 School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

5 University Hospital Galway, Saolta, Health Services Executive, Galway, Ireland

6 School of Computing and Communications, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

7 School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

8 School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Corresponding Author:

  • Derek O'Keeffe, BEng, MB BCh BAO, MEng, MD, PhD
  • School of Medicine
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