Telehealth Well Positioned to Tackle and Contain COVID-19 Outbreak

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• The current global crisis with COVID-19 infection provides telehealth the ideal opportunity to show the way forward in tackling the crisis
• Telehealth can monitor new outbreaks and caution local practitioners about the required precautions that need to be taken
• Telehealth can also monitor the people with milder symptoms and the ones who are quarantined

The global standstill due to the COVID-19 outbreak is nothing short of a crisis. In a very short time, the virus has spread to many countries, and its effects have been far-reaching, as it has played havoc with human health and sentiments. Anyone with flu-like symptoms have been advised to self-quarantine for up to two weeks. At the same time, the healthcare providers themselves are not able to mitigate the risks of infections, and if they come in contact with infected cases, they themselves need to self-quarantine. Most countries have a shortage of healthcare providers, and if they themselves need to be quarantined, it would lead to a disastrous situation.

Innovative solutions are required to overcome such a crisis, and many countries are waking up and have realized that telehealth could be part of the solution. Telehealth can monitor, diagnose, and manage the crisis arising from COVID-19 infections. The Australian Morrison Government is the first to announce that it will use telehealth to address the health sector response to COVID-19. The Australian Medical Association has welcomed this move and has been keen to push telehealth since the bushfire crisis in Australia and is of the opinion that telehealth is being underutilized.

‘Telehealth provides the right opportunity to all countries to tackle and contain the current global crisis of COVID-19 outbreak without risking travel of patients or healthcare personnel.’

(https:ama.com.au/media/covid-19-package-welcome-much-more-do)

Source: Medindia

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