Digital Health Strategies to Fight COVID-19 Worldwide: Challenges, Recommendations, and a Call for Papers
Digital Health Strategies to Fight COVID-19 Worldwide: Challenges, Recommendations, and a Call for Papers
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DOI：
10.2196/19284
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发表时间：
2020-06-16
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Huiart, Laetitia
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作者：
Fagherazzi, Guy;Goetzinger, Catherine;Huiart, Laetitia
冠状病毒病(新冠肺炎)大流行迫切需要协调机制，以应对跨卫生部门的疫情，而数字卫生解决方案已被确定为应对这一挑战的有希望的方法。这篇社论讨论了对抗新冠肺炎的数字健康解决方案的现状，以及广泛和长期实施这些解决方案所面临的挑战和伦理障碍。为了减少感染的风险，远程医疗已被用作急救和初级保健的一种成功的保健模式。官方传播计划应促进便利和多样化的渠道，向人们通报大流行，避免谣言，减少对公共卫生的威胁。Twitter和谷歌趋势分析等社交媒体平台非常有利于建立大流行趋势模型，并监测患者症状的演变或公众对大流行的反应。然而，由于与用户的文化、道德和宗教背景存在潜在冲突，数字解决方案的可接受性可能面临挑战。数字工具可以提供集体公共卫生福利；然而，它们可能是侵入性的，可能会侵蚀个人自由或将弱势群体留在身后。新冠肺炎大流行证明了在危机期间经过测试的各种数字卫生解决方案的强大潜力。应该采取更加协调一致的措施，以确保未来的数字健康倡议将对疫情产生更大的影响，并满足最具战略意义的需求，以缓解处于危机前沿的人们的生活。
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has created an urgent need for coordinated mechanisms to respond to the outbreak across health sectors, and digital health solutions have been identified as promising approaches to address this challenge. This editorial discusses the current situation regarding digital health solutions to fight COVID-19 as well as the challenges and ethical hurdles to broad and long-term implementation of these solutions. To decrease the risk of infection, telemedicine has been used as a successful health care model in both emergency and primary care. Official communication plans should promote facile and diverse channels to inform people about the pandemic and to avoid rumors and reduce threats to public health. Social media platforms such as Twitter and Google Trends analyses are highly beneficial to model pandemic trends as well as to monitor the evolution of patients' symptoms or public reaction to the pandemic over time. However, acceptability of digital solutions may face challenges due to potential conflicts with users' cultural, moral, and religious backgrounds. Digital tools can provide collective public health benefits; however, they may be intrusive and can erode individual freedoms or leave vulnerable populations behind The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the strong potential of various digital health solutions that have been tested during the crisis. More concerted measures should be implemented to ensure that future digital health initiatives will have a greater impact on the epidemic and meet the most strategic needs to ease the life of people who are at the forefront of the crisis.