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- Title
Role of Telehealth in the Management of COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Previous SARS, MERS, and Ebola Outbreaks.
- Authors
Keshvardoost, Sareh; Bahaadinbeigy, Kambiz; Fatehi, Farhad
- Abstract
Concerns about the prevention and management of COVID-19 are on the rise, as it is crucial in contagious epidemics that travel and transfer of the patients be minimal for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-ups. Telemedicine or telehealth can play an important role, especially with previous successful experiences in the management of acute infectious respiratory epidemics such as SARS and MERS. In order to better control the rapid spread of coronavirus and manage the COVID-19 crisis, both developed and developing countries can improve the efficiency of their health system by replacing a proportion of face-to-face clinical encounters with telehealth. Recent technological advancement facilitates this reform, but there is a need for national or state-wide rules and regulations to be adapted accordingly.
- Subjects
COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; SARS disease; TELEMEDICINE; PRIOR learning; DISEASE outbreaks; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Telemedicine & e-Health, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 7, p850
- ISSN
1530-5627
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/tmj.2020.0105