Digital health strategies in the war against COVID-19 and beyond

Swetha Byravan; Armin Fardanesh; Hasan Tahir; Arumugam Moorthy

doi:10.12968/hmed.2020.0684

Digital health strategies in the war against COVID-19 and beyond

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2020 Dec 2;81(12):1-3. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2020.0684. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

Authors

Swetha Byravan¹, Armin Fardanesh², Hasan Tahir^{3

4}, Arumugam Moorthy^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
² Department of General Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Division of Medicine, University College, London, UK.
⁵ College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

PMID: 33377831
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2020.0684

Abstract

This editorial explores how technology has helped clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, from patient care to education, the changes that have been made and the numerous exciting possibilities of where technology can amalgamate with health care.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Clinical Clerkship / trends
Communications Media / trends*
Delivery of Health Care / trends*
Education, Medical / trends
Humans
Mobile Applications
Pandemics
Patient Education as Topic / trends
Physical Distancing
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine