title: FluMob: Enabling Surveillance of Acute Respiratory Infections in Health-care WorkersviaMobile Phones.
abstract: Singapore is a hotspot for emerging infectious diseases and faces a constant risk of pandemic outbreaks as a major travel and health hub for Southeast Asia. With an increasing penetration of smart phone usage in this region, Singapore's pandemic preparedness framework can be strengthened by applying a mobile-based approach to health surveillance and control, and improving upon existing ideas by addressing gaps, such as a lack of health communication. FluMob is a digitally integrated syndromic surveillance system designed to assist health authorities in obtaining real-time epidemiological and surveillance data from health-care workers (HCWs) within Singapore, by allowing them to report influenza incidence using smartphones. The system, integrating a fully responsive web-based interface and a mobile interface, is made available to HCW using various types of mobile devices and web browsers. Real-time data generated from FluMob will be complementary to current health-care- and laboratory-based systems. This paper describes the development of FluMob, as well as challenges faced in the creation of the system.
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: May Oo
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Lwin
authors.affiliation: KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Chee Fu
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.affiliation: Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Peiling
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Karthikayen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jayasundar
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheldenkar
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Kosala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Subasinghe
authors.affiliation: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Schubert
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Media Innovation (IMI) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Udeepa Gayantha
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Jayasinghe
authors.affiliation: Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Huarong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Siaw Ching
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Media Innovation (IMI) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Ashwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurlye
authors.affiliation: KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Brenda Sze Peng
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ang
keywords: application; health-care workers; influenza; mobile phones; mobile-health; surveillance