Frontiers in Big Data 2020 : Novel Big Data Technologies in Public Health

The public health industry has been significantly transformed by the advert and evolution of digital technologies. In the last decade, the landscape has drastically changed with smartphone technologies, wearables, the internet of things (IoT), and, even more so, with high-speed connectivity becoming ubiquitous. With them came new ways for utilizing large amount of data in order to create solutions for many use-case driven approaches in public health. These include public health advice, online intervention in telehealth, health data tracking, and computer assisted advice. With the world now focusing on many aspects of public health due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be increased focus on how big data and analytics can play a productive role, not just during the pandemic but in applications in the post COVID-19 era in areas such as mental health, post intensive-care and new service delivery of public health services.