Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other technologies are increasingly being utilized to help endeavors to battle and contain the spread of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the spread of the novel coronavirus (n-CoV), HealthTech startups started developing technology-driven solutions to improve medical and patient outcomes. Today, with converging technologies like mobile, cloud, analytics, robotics, AI/ML, 4G/5G, and high-speed internet, it has become possible to test several innovative approaches to the pandemic response. From advanced robotics to remote patient monitoring, technologies play a key role in tackling the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic as well.
Here are some key areas where innovative technology is helping during this unprecedented crisis:
1. Telemedicine offering online health consultation
To provide additional support for highly vulnerable groups of society. Virtual doctor visits, chatbots, and online patient engagement tools, along with remote diagnostic solutions, helps reduce the number of people required to visit a hospital.
2. Finding Drugs / Supercomputers working on a coronavirus vaccine
The WHO encourages all health authorities to test, distinguish, follow, and detach those found to have contracted the coronavirus. Home testing and diagnostic kits are essential to slow the spread of the virus. When large-scale quarantine measures are in place, virtual care, virtual medical visits, and interactive patient engagement platforms allow people to obey the measures imposed.
3. Smartphone apps to curb the community spread
Tracking the spread of the virus has so far shown to be an effective way of containing the spread of the disease. Mobile phone contact tracing initiatives have been propelled in different nations, for example, China and Ghana.
4. Robots and drones for supply chain management
To maintain public safety, and public health in general, during an outbreak. Support tools and mobile applications for healthcare workers, utilizing drones to convey clinical supplies, and specialized separation units prevent frontline workers from catching the infection.
5. Use of AI
Quick development in health tech including new utilizations of artificial intelligence(AI) and machine learning(ML) for screening individuals and surveying contamination dangers have made AI an urgent supporter of distinguishing, follow and analyze flare-ups. Artificial intelligence can additionally incorporate populace, travel, and illness information to anticipate where and how rapidly infection may spread. Governments and medicinal services associations are utilizing this data quicker to react to the infection. It additionally helps in settling on better treatment choices dependent on clinical imaging.
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