Digital health and care in pandemic times: impact of COVID-19

[...]many countries have relaxed privacy and data protection regulations for video and other communications technologies during the crisis4; the General Data Protection Regulations, which apply in the UK and the European Union, already include a clause excepting work in the overwhelming public inter...

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Published in:BMJ health & care informatics 2020-06, Vol.27 (1), p.e100166
Main Authors: Peek, Niels, Sujan, Mark, Scott, Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence
Betacoronavirus
BMJ health informatics
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Editorial
Health informatics
Humans
Information Dissemination - methods
Medical Record Linkage - methods
Pandemics
patient care
Patient Safety - statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Population Surveillance
Privacy
Public health
SARS-CoV-2
Social networks
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - organization & administration
Wireless Technology - organization & administration
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Summary:[...]many countries have relaxed privacy and data protection regulations for video and other communications technologies during the crisis4; the General Data Protection Regulations, which apply in the UK and the European Union, already include a clause excepting work in the overwhelming public interest. [...]change was necessary because governments required that any care that does not require physical interaction must now be provided through remote consultation.5 Remote management is possible for many patients that are seen in primary care and hospital outpatient clinics. [...]AI has the potential to support the treatment of COVID-19 through the development of new drugs and the redeployment of existing drugs. There is also a broad range of urgent research needs, such as studies of virus mutations, patient risk factors, clinical outcomes and drug trials.15 Ultimately, the aim was to have data-driven public policy decisions on testing and tracing strategy, health system management, targeted isolation advice, social distancing rules and freedom of movement.
ISSN:2632-1009
2632-1009
DOI:10.1136/bmjhci-2020-100166