Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Medical Informatics
Date Submitted: May 4, 2020
Date Accepted: Jun 21, 2020
Date Submitted to PubMed: Jul 15, 2020
The Role of Health Technology and Informatics in Global Public Health Emergency: Practices and Implications from the COVID-19 Pandemic
ABSTRACT
At present, COVID-19 is spreading around the world. It is a critical and important task to take all-out efforts to prevent and control the epidemic. Compared with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, COVID-19 spreads more rapidly owing to increased globalization, longer incubation period, and unobvious symptoms. As the coronavirus has the characteristics of strong transmission and weak lethality, and since the large-scale increase of infected people may drag down the healthcare systems, efforts are needed to treat critical patients, track and manage the health status of residents, and isolate suspected patients. The application of emerging health technologies in healthcare such as artificial intelligence, health information exchange (HIE), telemedicine, mobile health, big data, 5G, and the internet of things (IoT) have become a powerful "weapon" to fight the epidemic and provide strong support in epidemic prevention and control. Applications and evaluations of all of these technologies are highlighted.
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