Open AccessEpidemiXs: Harnessing digital technology in the fight against COVID-19 and the associated infodemic
Author(s) -
Jeannine Lemaire,
Elsa Ramil,
Véronique Inès Thouvenot,
Jordi Serrano Pons
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
technology and health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1878-7401
pISSN - 0928-7329
DOI - 10.3233/thc-213567
Subject(s) - covid-19 , software deployment , digital health , public relations , order (exchange) , digital ecosystem , citizen science , health care , business , knowledge management , political science , computer science , medicine , virology , outbreak , botany , disease , finance , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , biology , operating system
BACKGROUND: EpidemiXs is an innovative ecosystem of digital tools centralizing official and validated information on COVID-19 for healthcare workers and the general public in a single hub. OBJECTIVE: The vision of EpidemiXs is to foster collaboration between researchers, institutions and individuals to promote “open data” in order to enrich the scientific community and further accelerate science in the fight against COVID-19. METHODS: Through its set of solutions, EpidemiXs Info, EpidemiXs TV and EpidemiXs Studies, this innovative ecosystem contributes to advancing collaborations, data collection and analysis, and helps find funders. RESULTS: EpidemiXs was launched in March 2020 in Spain with 30 healthcare institutions and rapidly reached close to 1 million users and 2 million views. EpidemiXs gained international recognition when it was awarded the Barcelona Health Hub Awards (BHHAwards) 2020 of the category “Best Startup Initiative to help tackle COVID-19”. CONCLUSION: EpidemiXs has proven the efficiency of the rapid deployment of digital tools in times of COVID-19.