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- Title
Opportunities of Information Technologies in COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Networks Approach.
- Authors
Bashiri, Azadeh; Sharifian, Roxana; Savareh, Behrouz Alizadeh; Yazdanpanahi, Fatemeh
- Abstract
Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. It was officially declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th, 2020. This disease changed the routine of health care delivery and created the need to develop and use health technologies such as M-Health, social networks, artificial intelligence and etc. to manage, reduce, prevent and treat during outbreaks. Providing health information through social networks is more effective than other technologies, because information can be quickly exchanged and updated dynamically. Objective: The aim of the present article is to explore social media opportunities during a COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: The current study is a review article which was done in 2020 by reviewing related articles through valid databases and E-journals (PubMed, Google scholar, ProQuest and Science Direct), and by using keywords including health information technologies, social media, M-health and COVID-19. Results: The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of social networks during various infectious diseases including influenza, SARS and COVID-19. After epidemic of the coronavirus, social networks coming to the field in order to increase public awareness about prevention, early diagnosis, patient education and so, reduce direct complications and mortality rate of the disease. Conclusion: Information technologies, especially social networks will definitely have a significant role in areas such as public health practice management during diseases pandemic. Therefore, it is one of the most appropriate technologies to deal with the outbreak of COVID-19 for people and health care providers.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; GOOGLE (Web resource); WORLD Health Organization; PANDEMICS; SOCIAL networks; MIDDLE East respiratory syndrome; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL care; HEALTH information technology
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering, 2021, Vol 11, p124
- ISSN
2251-7200
- Publication type
Article