Health Observation App for COVID-19 Symptom Tracking Integrated With Personal Health Records: Proof of Concept and Practical Use Study.
Keiichi YamamotoTsubasa TakahashiMiwa UrasakiYoichi NagayasuTomonari ShimamotoYukiko TateyamaKeiichi MatsuzakiDaisuke KobayashiSatoshi KuboShigeyuki MitoTatsuya AbeHideo MatsuuraTaku IwamiPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)
Health observation by PHRs for the purpose of improving health management can also be effectively applied as a measure against large-scale infectious diseases. Individual habits of improving awareness of personal health and the use of PHRs for daily health management are powerful armaments against the rapid spread of infectious diseases. Ultimately, similar actions may help to prevent the spread of COVID-19.