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Viewpoints on and Experiences with Digital Technologies in Health (93) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2527) Digital Contact Tracing, Digital Proximity Tracing, Precision Public Health (159) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1808) Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (587) Infectious Diseases (non-STD/STI) (1696) Security and Privacy of mHealth and uHealth (154) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1539) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1143) Adoption and Change Management of eHealth Systems (861)

Published on in Vol 9, No 7 (2021): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/27449, first published .
Contact Tracing Apps: Lessons Learned on Privacy, Autonomy, and the Need for Detailed and Thoughtful Implementation

Contact Tracing Apps: Lessons Learned on Privacy, Autonomy, and the Need for Detailed and Thoughtful Implementation

Contact Tracing Apps: Lessons Learned on Privacy, Autonomy, and the Need for Detailed and Thoughtful Implementation

Authors of this article:

Katie Hogan1 Author Orcid Image ;   Briana Macedo2 Author Orcid Image ;   Venkata Macha3 Author Orcid Image ;   Arko Barman4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Xiaoqian Jiang6 Author Orcid Image
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