Biophotonic telemedicine for disease diagnosis and monitoring during pandemics: Overcoming COVID-19 and shaping the future of healthcare
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Infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies against COVID-19 include social distancing and isolating infected patients.
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The clinical management of pandemic settings relies on enabling telemedicine associated to disease diagnosis and monitoring.
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OTelemedicine has become common practice for monitoring of individual vital signs (VS) and patient status at isolation rooms.
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Optical and biophotonic technologies have potential to improve treatment outcome and increase survival rates.
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Biophotonic telemedicine advancements should focus on the development of reliable and user-friendly technology.
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