Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From Western China | Zendy

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Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From Western China

Author(s) -

Zhen Hong,

Nian Li,

Dajiang Li,

LI Jun-hua,

Bing Li,

Weixi Xiong,

Lu Lu,

Weimin Li,

Dong Zhou

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of medical internet research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.446

H-Index - 142

eISSN - 1439-4456

pISSN - 1438-8871

DOI - 10.2196/19577

Subject(s) - telemedicine , pandemic , china , covid-19 , medical emergency , outbreak , health care , medicine , business , disease , geography , virology , economic growth , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , archaeology , economics

Disasters and pandemics pose unique challenges to health care delivery. As health care resources continue to be stretched due to the increasing burden of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, telemedicine, including tele-education, may be an effective way to rationally allocate medical resources. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a multimodal telemedicine network in Sichuan Province in Western China was activated immediately after the first outbreak in January 2020. The network synergizes a newly established 5G service, a smartphone app, and an existing telemedicine system. Telemedicine was demonstrated to be feasible, acceptable, and effective in Western China, and allowed for significant improvements in health care outcomes. The success of telemedicine here may be a useful reference for other parts of the world.

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