How Digital Health Technology Can Help in Managing The Coronavirus Outbreak?

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• Chinese health authorities reported an outbreak
  of pneumonia-like illness that has killed five
  and sickened 305 people. Well, this is not an
  excerpt from COVID-19 based news. It is actually
  from a news piece from 2003 and it describes the
  outbreak of SARS, which affected 8000 people.
• While coronavirus and SARS had the same
  origination and the way they spread, how they are
  being controlled all over the world is not at all
  same.
• The seventeen-year gap between the two outbreaks
  has resulted in the development of new
  technologies that are more efficient and more
  easily available as compared to 2003
  when SARS was creating panic amongst people.
• The technologies back then were poorly developed
  and
• nonexistent but now they are widespread and
  more
• affordable and have helped control the
  spread
• of the disease to a great extent. 

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1. Tracking Coronavirus Pandemic The
digital health technology has helped manage the
coronavirus pandemic by offering an early signal
to possible infection. Many public health
authorities, as widely reported, are limiting the
test eligibility to healthcare workers and
symptomatic patients.  Furthermore, generally,
the symptoms show up in several days and if a
person does not get tested in time, they may
transfer the virus to other people around
them. But digital health technology that
uses big data analytics
can easily track anticipate
the spread of the disease.
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2. Faster Diagnosis When the coronavirus
disease was spreading outside China, several
countries screened all international passengers
from that region for fever using fever detecting
devices. Many who had fever were not allowed to
enter the countries. This had delayed the arrival
of the disease in those countries, which gave
them more time to prepare for outbreak
coronavirus brought.
Additionally, initially, the
diagnosis of the disease took several
hours and even days.  But due to
advanced digital health
technology, coronavirus can be
diagnosed in only a few minutes. 
2. Faster Diagnosis When the coronavirus
disease was spreading outside China, several
countries screened all international passengers
from that region for fever using fever detecting
devices. Many who had fever were not allowed to
enter the countries. This had delayed the arrival
of the disease in those countries, which gave
them more time to prepare for outbreak
coronavirus brought. Additionally,
initially, the diagnosis of the disease took
several hours and even days.  But due to
advanced digital health tech, corona diagnosed
in only a few minutes. 
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3. Monitoring Patients and Hospital Visitors
AI has been implemented in various hospitals all
over the globe to help doctors screen visitors as
well as treat those who are infected. Hospitals
that have access to digital health technology are
able to manage and monitor the coronavirus
patients more effectively. There are
camera-embedded facial scanners which conduct
thermal scans and analyze facial attributes to
determine if a visitor is feverish. This lets
the health professional know what is the
patients condition without even visiting them
frequently.
Through this
technology, hospital staffs exposure to
the affected patients and the
disease is reduced significantly.
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4. Robots Coronavirus can easily spread
from human to human, which puts medical staff at
high risk of contracting the disease.  Even
after wearing full boy suits, gloves, and
facemasks, doctors are not completely protected.
However, robots cannot be affected by the
disease. This is why several hospitals are using
robots for treating patients. The robot brings in
food and medical supplies, lets the doctor talk
to the patient via a screen, and sterilizes and
cleans the room. A number of startups and
companies are donating robots for the same
purpose to various hospitals.
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5. Mobile Apps Healthcare app development
companies are building apps to prevent the spread
of the disease, monitor the movement of affected,
offer correct information about the disease, and
let people talk to doctors through text messages,
video calls, and voice calls. Moreover, there
are apps that let you access the latest updates
of coronavirus from credible sources. You can
even diagnose your symptoms for coronavirus by
using the apps.  The app will also tell you if
you are at a higher risk of getting infected and
whether you should visit a hospital for
screening or not.
5. Mobile Apps Healthcare app development
companies are building apps to prevent the spread
of the disease, monitor the movement of affected,
offer correct information about the disease, and
let people talk to doctors through text messages,
video calls, and voice calls. Moreover, there
are apps that let you access the latest updates
of coronavirus from credible sources. You can
even diagnose your symptoms for coronavirus by
using the apps.  The app will also tell you
if you are at a higher risk of getting
infected and whether you should visit a
hospital for screening or
not.
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Coronavirus is a disease that spreads very easily
among humans. Even after using sanitizer, washing
hands frequently, and wearing masks, one cannot
completely protect themselves from the
disease.  However, digital health technology has
played a huge role in controlling the disease to
a great extent.
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