A Technological and Innovative Approach to COVID-19 in Uruguay.

The article discusses the innovated telephone application designed in Uruguay to help the country fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The public-private CoronaVirus UY Plan was rolled out within a week of the first reported case in the country and includes efforts to distance medical staff from pot...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 63; no. 11; pp. 53 - 56
Autores principales:	MILANO, GASTÓN, VALLESPIR, DIEGO, VIOLA, ALFREDO
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Nov2020
Materias:	COVID-19 pandemic Digital resources in public health Application software Public-private sector cooperation Uruguay
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Sumario:	The article discusses the innovated telephone application designed in Uruguay to help the country fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The public-private CoronaVirus UY Plan was rolled out within a week of the first reported case in the country and includes efforts to distance medical staff from potentially infectiosus people through the use of telemedicine, be proactive in public health care management, avoid surges to the country's medical system.