Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forward
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the unprecedented devastating catastrophes with severe public health threat globally. Low and middle income countries (LMICs) are trying hard to cope with the rapidly changing global scenario and trying to mitigate this double crisis of pandemic and economic recession...
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| author | Ayesha Humayun Syed Shahabuddin Saira Afzal Ahmad Azam Malik Suleman Atique Usman Iqbal |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the unprecedented devastating catastrophes with severe public health threat globally. Low and middle income countries (LMICs) are trying hard to cope with the rapidly changing global scenario and trying to mitigate this double crisis of pandemic and economic recession. This pandemic, has led to major changes in global and regional health care delivery proceedings with surge in telemedicine to provide the required services and also giving priority to control the disease spread. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d2ac6b820bf4eafaf04fd90b0107e072022-12-21T18:13:20ZengElsevierComputer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update2666-99002021-01-011100008Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forwardAyesha Humayun0Syed Shahabuddin1Saira Afzal2Ahmad Azam Malik3Suleman Atique4Usman Iqbal5Department of public health and community medicine, Shaikh Zayed Federal Post Graduate Medical Institute, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan; Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, PakistanDept. of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, PakistanDept. of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King, Abdul Aziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, University of Ha'il, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author at: Suleman Atique, Department of Health Informatics, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, University of Ha'il, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Hail 55476, Saudi Arabia.Master Program in Global Health & Development, PhD Program in Global Health & Health Security, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; International Center for Health Information Technology (ICHIT), Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of public health and community medicine, Shaikh Zayed Federal Post Graduate Medical Institute, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan; Corresponding author at: Usman Iqbal, Global Health & Development, College of Public Health; International Center for Health Information Technology (ICHIT), Taipei Medical University, No. 172-1, Sec. 2, Keelung Rd, Daan District, Taipei City 10675, Taiwan.The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the unprecedented devastating catastrophes with severe public health threat globally. Low and middle income countries (LMICs) are trying hard to cope with the rapidly changing global scenario and trying to mitigate this double crisis of pandemic and economic recession. This pandemic, has led to major changes in global and regional health care delivery proceedings with surge in telemedicine to provide the required services and also giving priority to control the disease spread.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666990021000070COVID-19Global pandemicTelemedicinePublic healthGuidelinesStrategies |
| spellingShingle | Ayesha Humayun Syed Shahabuddin Saira Afzal Ahmad Azam Malik Suleman Atique Usman Iqbal Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forward Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update COVID-19 Global pandemic Telemedicine Public health Guidelines Strategies |
| title | Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forward |
| title_full | Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forward |
| title_fullStr | Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forward |
| title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forward |
| title_short | Healthcare strategies and initiatives about COVID19 in Pakistan: Telemedicine a way to look forward |
| title_sort | healthcare strategies and initiatives about covid19 in pakistan telemedicine a way to look forward |
| topic | COVID-19 Global pandemic Telemedicine Public health Guidelines Strategies |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666990021000070 |
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