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Review
. 2022 Sep-Dec:23:S111-S120.
doi: 10.1016/j.vacun.2022.07.003. Epub 2022 Jul 19.

[Mass vaccinations against COVID-19 through the use of technologies for the management of appointment scheduling and data of large volumes of vaccinated]

[Article in Spanish]
Alicia K Rodas-Martinez  1 , Josue R Altamirano-Yupanqui  1
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Review

[Mass vaccinations against COVID-19 through the use of technologies for the management of appointment scheduling and data of large volumes of vaccinated]

[Article in Spanish]
Alicia K Rodas-Martinez et al. Vacunas. 2022 Sep-Dec.

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Mass vaccination against COVID-19 using technologies to manage appointment scheduling and data in large volumes of vaccinated people Abstract Mass vaccination poses a challenge for health authorities due to the high volume of people who need to be vaccinated in a short period of time. Manual processes in vaccination centres to record and control vaccinations where the data is entered on paper result in delays in the timely input of information rendering the vaccination process inefficient. The proposed prototype, as a strategy for mass COVID-19 vaccination, to generate appointments, record, and control entry to vaccination centres, uses mobile technology, QR codes, and cloud computing to automate these data-driven processes. Technology-based processes help people by giving them the flexibility to choose the most convenient vaccination centre and provide health authorities with data-driven tools for management, control, and real-time decision-making.

Las vacunaciones masivas son un desafío al que se enfrentan las autoridades sanitarias, debido al alto volumen de ciudadanos que deben de ser vacunados en un corto tiempo. Los procesos manuales en los centros de vacunación para el registro y control de las vacunas donde se emplea el papel como elemento repositorio de los datos, generan retrasos en la entrega oportuna de la información procesada y el proceso de vacunación se vuelve ineficiente. El prototipo propuesto como estrategia de vacunación masiva contra el COVID-19 para la generación de citas, registro y control del ingreso a los centros de vacunación utiliza las tecnologías móviles, código QR y Cloud Computing, para la automatización de estos procesos basados en datos. Los procesos apoyados en la tecnología ayudan al ciudadano por la flexibilidad de elegir el centro de vacunación más conveniente a su realidad y permiten a las autoridades sanitarias disponer de herramientas basadas en datos para la gestión, el control y la toma decisiones en tiempo real.

Keywords: Cloud Computing; Covid-19; QR code; Vaccination.

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Figures

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Figura 1
Prototipo para vacunación a la población, arquitectura de la propuesta.
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Figura 2
Selección del centro de vacunación y generación del código QR.
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Figura 3
Dashboard en tiempo real, visualiza el proceso de la vacunación masiva.
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