Telemedicine – A New Horizon For COVID-19 Control
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus continues to its global spread and is currently declared a pandemic. However, the virus is spreading so fast, the governments all over the world have asked people to self-quarantine. The healthcare providers are neither ready, nor adequately supplied with resources and clinical teams to handle this inevitable, and growing situation. “Social distancing” is the new norm as people are curtailing their social contacts. Currently, what is the best way to handle this situation? Can, patients receive healthcare from their homes without going to hospitals? Yes! It is possible with “telemedicine”. Telemedicine can make it easier for healthcare providers, organizations, and patients. Thus, no patient has to expose him or herself to a high risk environment, when a doctor can consult the patient virtually over the Internet. Listed below are four points of “how hospitals and healthcare organizations can use telemedicine to fight against COVID-19” ...