How Digital Health Technology Can Help in Managing The Coronavirus Outbreak?
                     
• 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. 
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.
        
2.  Faster Diagnosis
2.  Faster Diagnosis
     When the coronavirus disease was spreading outside China, several 
     When the coronavirus disease was spreading outside China, several 
countries screened all international passengers from that region for 
countries screened all international passengers from that region for 
fever using fever detecting devices. 
fever using fever detecting devices. 
Many who had fever were not allowed to enter the countries. This had 
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 
delayed the arrival of the disease in those countries, which gave them 
more time to prepare for outbreak coronavirus brought.
more time to prepare for outbreak coronavirus brought.
                                                Additionally, initially, the diagnosis of the     
Additionally, initially, the diagnosis of the disease 
disease took several hours and even days. 
took several hours and even days. 
      But due to advanced digital            
But due to advanced digital health tech, 
           health technology, coronavirus       can be 
corona diagnosed in only a few minutes. 
diagnosed in only a few       minutes. 
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 patient’s condition 
without even visiting them frequently. 
                                                               Through this technology, hospital 
  staff’s exposure to the affected      
       patients and the disease is           reduced 
significantly.
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.
5. Mobile Apps
5. Mobile Apps
     Healthcare app development companies are building apps to 
     Healthcare app development companies are building apps to 
prevent the spread of the disease, monitor the movement of affected, 
prevent the spread of the disease, monitor the movement of affected, 
offer correct information about the disease, and let people talk to 
offer correct information about the disease, and let people talk to 
doctors through text messages, video calls, and voice calls.
doctors through text messages, video calls, and voice calls.
Moreover, there are apps that let you access the latest updates of 
Moreover, there are apps that let you access the latest updates of 
coronavirus from credible sources. 
coronavirus from credible sources. 
You can even diagnose your symptoms for coronavirus by using the 
You can even diagnose your symptoms for coronavirus by using the 
apps. 
apps. 
The app will also tell you if you are at a higher
  The app will also tell you if you are at a   
risk of getting infected and 
higher risk of getting infected and whether   you should visit a 
whether you should visit a 
hospital for screening or                                    not.
hospital for screening or not.
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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