Digital healthcare: The only solution for better healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic?

Indian Heart J. 2020 Mar-Apr;72(2):61-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Abstract

The huge impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global healthcare systems has prompted search for novel tools to stem the tide. Attention has turned to the digital health community to provide possible health solutions in this time of unprecedented medical crisis to mitigate the impact of this pandemic. The paper shall focus on how digital solutions can impact healthcare during this pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Digital healthcare.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19
  • Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • Program Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Public Health / trends*
  • Telemedicine / organization & administration*