Precision global health in the digital age

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Flahault, Antoine ^a,b   Geissbuhler, Antoine ^c   Guessous, Idris ^d,e   Guérin, Philippe J ^f,g   Bolon, Isabelle ^a   Salathé, Marcel ^h   Escher, Gérard ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Universily Hospilals   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f Infectious Diseases Data Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell phone data; Data science machine learning; Emerging infectious diseases; Global health precision medicine; Learning health care system; Massive open online education; Noncommunica ble diseases; Open science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O104:H4; FOOD POISONING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; INFLUENZA; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SMARTPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE VIRUS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRECISION MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85020223110     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2017.14423     Document Type: Article

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