Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcare
COVID-19 is one of the most deadly diseases to have stricken us in recent decades. In the fight against this disease, governments and stakeholders require all the assistance they can get from various systems, including digital health interventions. Digital health technologies are supporting the trac...
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| author | Emnet Getachew Emnet Getachew Tsegaye Adebeta Seke G. Y. Muzazu Seke G. Y. Muzazu Loveness Charlie Loveness Charlie Bibie Said Bibie Said Hanna Amanuel Tesfahunei Hanna Amanuel Tesfahunei Catherine Lydiah Wanjiru Joan Acam Joan Acam Violet Dismas Kajogoo Samrawit Solomon Mary Gorret Atim Mary Gorret Atim Tsegahun Manyazewal |
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| description | COVID-19 is one of the most deadly diseases to have stricken us in recent decades. In the fight against this disease, governments and stakeholders require all the assistance they can get from various systems, including digital health interventions. Digital health technologies are supporting the tracking of the COVID-19 outbreak, diagnosing patients, expediting the process of finding potential medicines and vaccines, and disinfecting the environment, The establishment of electronic medical and health records, computerized clinical decision support systems, telemedicine, and mobile health have shown the potential to strengthen the healthcare system. Recently, these technologies have aided the health sector in a variety of ways, including prevention, early diagnosis, treatment adherence, medication safety, care coordination, documentation, data management, outbreak tracking, and pandemic surveillance. On the other hand, implementation of such technologies has questions of cost, compatibility with existing systems, disruption in patient-provider interactions, and sustainability, calling for more evidence on clinical utility and economic evaluations to help shape the next generation of healthcare. This paper argues how digital health interventions assist in the fight against COVID-19 and their opportunities, implications, and limitations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b3d20a985c4421b80749d7463d621892023-02-15T06:56:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-02-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.942703942703Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcareEmnet Getachew0Emnet Getachew1Tsegaye Adebeta2Seke G. Y. Muzazu3Seke G. Y. Muzazu4Loveness Charlie5Loveness Charlie6Bibie Said7Bibie Said8Hanna Amanuel Tesfahunei9Hanna Amanuel Tesfahunei10Catherine Lydiah Wanjiru11Joan Acam12Joan Acam13Violet Dismas Kajogoo14Samrawit Solomon15Mary Gorret Atim16Mary Gorret Atim17Tsegahun Manyazewal18Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Science, Arsi University, Asella, EthiopiaOutpatient Department, Ethiopian Airlines Medical Unit, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEnteric Diseases and Vaccines Research Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), Lusaka, ZambiaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaKNCV TB Foundation, Challenge TB Project, Blantyre, MalawiCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaOutpatient Department, Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of Public Health, Hager Biomedical Research Institute, Asmara, EritreaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaOutpatient Department, Pope John's Hospital Aber, Atapara, UgandaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaSchool of Public Health, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia0Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti, UgandaCenter for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCOVID-19 is one of the most deadly diseases to have stricken us in recent decades. In the fight against this disease, governments and stakeholders require all the assistance they can get from various systems, including digital health interventions. Digital health technologies are supporting the tracking of the COVID-19 outbreak, diagnosing patients, expediting the process of finding potential medicines and vaccines, and disinfecting the environment, The establishment of electronic medical and health records, computerized clinical decision support systems, telemedicine, and mobile health have shown the potential to strengthen the healthcare system. Recently, these technologies have aided the health sector in a variety of ways, including prevention, early diagnosis, treatment adherence, medication safety, care coordination, documentation, data management, outbreak tracking, and pandemic surveillance. On the other hand, implementation of such technologies has questions of cost, compatibility with existing systems, disruption in patient-provider interactions, and sustainability, calling for more evidence on clinical utility and economic evaluations to help shape the next generation of healthcare. This paper argues how digital health interventions assist in the fight against COVID-19 and their opportunities, implications, and limitations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.942703/fulldigital healthtechnologyDHIsCOVID-19pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Emnet Getachew Emnet Getachew Tsegaye Adebeta Seke G. Y. Muzazu Seke G. Y. Muzazu Loveness Charlie Loveness Charlie Bibie Said Bibie Said Hanna Amanuel Tesfahunei Hanna Amanuel Tesfahunei Catherine Lydiah Wanjiru Joan Acam Joan Acam Violet Dismas Kajogoo Samrawit Solomon Mary Gorret Atim Mary Gorret Atim Tsegahun Manyazewal Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcare Frontiers in Public Health digital health technology DHIs COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcare |
| title_full | Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcare |
| title_fullStr | Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcare |
| title_short | Digital health in the era of COVID-19: Reshaping the next generation of healthcare |
| title_sort | digital health in the era of covid 19 reshaping the next generation of healthcare |
| topic | digital health technology DHIs COVID-19 pandemic |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.942703/full |
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