Role of Telemedicine and Mobile Health in Management Covid-19 Pandemic

Background: Digital health similar Telemedicine and Mobile Health interventions are globally playing a significant role to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus19. Here, we present a very brief overview of the multifaceted digital interventions, globally, and in India, for maintaining health and health-care delivery, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: This review was conducted through searching four databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Science Direct. Inclusion criteria included studies clearly defining any use of telehealth (Telemedicine and Mobile Health) services in all aspects of health care during COVID-19 outbreak. Results: 111 research studies published from 2019 to May 2020 were employed to provide theoretical and practical evidence on the significance of using telemedicine and mobile health for remote treatment of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also checked the effects for identify the role of telehealth services in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling diseases during COVID-19 outbreak, result showed used Telemedicine and Mobile Health effective outcome in the prevention and emergency treatment of other patients. Discussion: Major technologies identified included telemedicine and mobile care (for COVID-19 as well as routine care), for monitoring. Telehealth can become a basic need for the general population, health care providers, and patients with COVID-19, especially when people are in quarantine, enabling patients in real time through contact with health care provider for advice on their health problems. Conclusions: The use of telehealth improves the provision of health services. Therefore, telehealth should be an important tool in caring services while keeping patients and health providers safe during COVID-19 outbreak and reduces the use of resources in health centers, improves access to care, while minimizing the risk of direct transmission of the infectious agent from person to person.