{"id":25769,"date":"2021-04-29T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T12:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=25769"},"modified":"2021-04-29T22:57:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:57:13","slug":"the-mobility-database-of-the-faculty-of-health-and-public-administration-supports-epidemiological-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2021\/04\/the-mobility-database-of-the-faculty-of-health-and-public-administration-supports-epidemiological-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobility database of the Faculty of Health and Public Administration assists infection control"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than two billion <\/span>data sets <\/span>related to mobile cell information<\/span> are stored in the <\/span>management i<\/span>nformation <\/span>s<\/span>ystem <\/span>supporting infection control<\/span>, which monitors the national population mo<\/span>vements<\/span> and was developed under the leadership of Semmelweis University\u2019s Faculty of Health <\/span>and Public Administration<\/span>.<\/span> The database <\/span>created <\/span>for decision-makers can be searched on the basis of <\/span>several<\/span> criteria (e.g. breakdown by settlement size, specific districts, settlements, dates) and detailed diagrams show the mo<\/span>vements<\/span> of the population in a given place and period <\/span>during<\/span> the <\/span>COVID-19 <\/span>epidemic<\/span>. <\/span>The study of Hungarian experts on the <\/span>country<\/span>wide analysis covering the entire period of the epidemic was published in <\/span>Nature Scientific Reports<\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cT<\/span>he management information system set up under the leadership <\/span>of<\/span> Semmelweis University\u2019s Faculty of Health <\/span>and Public Administration <\/span>contains<\/span> t<\/span>he daily cell information <\/span>of<\/span> the country\u2019s 9 million mobile phones over the past year. <\/span>The system includes more than two billion data records, <\/span>however,<\/span> it is important that this depersonali<\/span>z<\/span>ed, aggregated <\/span>information <\/span>is <\/span>not suitable for personal identification and is<\/span> in accordance with data protection (GDPR) <\/span>laws<\/span>\u201d, <\/span>said Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00f3cska, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Public Administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The national mobility tracking methodology and the management information system enabling data-based analyses were developed by the data utilization and digital working group closely connected to the Faculty of Health and Public Administration within the Epidemiological and Mathematical Modeling Working Group of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology, in cooperation with the three Hungarian mobile service providers. Their results have recently been published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports<\/em>. The leading authors of the publication are Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00f3cska, the current dean of the faculty and Dr. P\u00e9ter Ga\u00e1l, former dean.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe methodology is based on routine data automatically recorded when using a mobile phone. It uses location data from the transmission tower transmitting the call to estimate the geographical location of the phone owner. <\/span>We can monitor whether one transmission tower transmitted the phone to another tower or not<\/span>, whether the owner moved between the zones or stayed at home\u201d, <\/span>Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00f3cska explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe data stored in the system cover the entire epidemic period <\/span>of <\/span>more than one year, and can be searched by date and geographical location. <\/span>The diagrams show processes precisely, like the migration of a large number of residents <\/span>of Budapest <\/span>to the settlements <\/span>by<\/span> Lake Balaton to spend the quarantine period in their holiday homes, or the fact that movement decreased by almost 30% after the <\/span>introduction of the restrictive measures in March 2021\u201d, said Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00f3cska.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWith the help of the information system, the effect of a restrictive measure can be accurately traced, it is possible to monitor the territorial differences and local peculiarities in the movement of people. This is why it is suitable for making high priority decisions related to infection control\u201d, Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00f3cska emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00f3cska highlighted the importance of the fact that during the development of the system, a unique cooperation was realized with the three Hungarian mobile service providers. The methodology can be used to prepare analyses providing support in infection control with a small financial contribution, it can be easily adapted to other countries, and it can also be made suitable for the analysis of migration between member states. It may even be used for connecting movement data with data on local infection rates.
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The <\/span>paper <\/span>was published in <\/span>Nature Scientific Reports<\/span><\/em> on <\/span>15 <\/span>March, 2021. As the dean pointed out, the publication of the <\/span>paper<\/span> is of great interest both internationally and in Hungary, and the research team has received several requests for research cooperation. Based on the Altmetric Attention Score <\/span>related to<\/span> the quality and quantity of online attention, the <\/span>publication<\/span> is in the TOP 10% of the list comparing about 260,000 publications <\/span>published around the same time<\/span> globally.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to <\/span>the experts of <\/span>S<\/span>emmel<\/span>weis University\u2019<\/span>s Faculty of Health and Public Administration<\/span> (Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00f3cska, Dr. P\u00e9ter Ga\u00e1l, Tam\u00e1s Jo\u00f3, Dr. Tam\u00e1s Palicz, Dr. P\u00e9ter Pollner), Magyar Telekom, Telenor, Vodafone Hungary, and a<\/span>n SME<\/span> of <\/span>B<\/span>usiness <\/span>I<\/span>ntelligence (BI) development <\/span>l<\/span>ed by <\/span>Dr. <\/span>Istv\u00e1n Schiszler <\/span>also participated in <\/span>the <\/span>preparation<\/span> of <\/span>the scientific paper presenting the results and methodology of innovative research supporting the management of Hungarian and global infection control. <\/span>Furthermore, a<\/span> collaboration <\/span>was established<\/span> with the Institute of Physics at E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The publication \u201c<\/span>A countrywide population movement monitoring using mobile devices generated (big) data during the COVID-19 crisis\u201d can be viewed here. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

P\u00e1lma Dobozi
\nPhoto: Attila Kov\u00e1cs \u2013 Semmelweis University
\nTranslation: Katalin Ill\u00e9s-Romh\u00e1nyi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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