From Isolation to Coordination: How Can Telemedicine Help Combat the COVID-19 Outbreak?

Yunkai Zhai; Yichuan Wang; Minhao Zhang; Jody Hoffer Gittell; Shuai Jiang; Baozhan Chen; Fangfang Cui; Xianying He; Jie Zhao; Xiaojun Wang

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-3631-8_12

From Isolation to Coordination: How Can Telemedicine Help Combat the COVID-19 Outbreak?

Yunkai Zhai
, Yichuan Wang^*
, Minhao Zhang
, Jody Hoffer Gittell
, Shuai Jiang
, Baozhan Chen
, Fangfang Cui
, Xianying He
, Jie Zhao
, Xiaojun Wang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

Hospitals are suffering from a critical challenge induced by the rapid spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Not only have patients been marginalized, but many clinicians working in the region-al hospitals have limited access to the specialist consultations and treatment guidelines they need from provincial-level hospitals to manage pneumonia cases caused by COVID-19. Telemedicine has been acknowledged as a breakthrough technology in combating epidemics. This study aims to demonstrate the implementation of Emergency Telemedicine Consultation System (ETCS) since COVID-2019 first emerged in Henan Province, beginning in late December 2019. This system was developed for coronavirus care across 126 connected hospitals, serving as the overarching authoritative source for diagnostic decision making and knowledge sharing for treatment. The information shared could rapidly expand to enable open collaborations with key stakeholders such as government authorities, research institutions and laboratories. The experience from building this system during this crisis can provide insights to guide public health institutions as they implement telemedicine to increase resilience to future epidemic outbreaks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Health and Medical Analytics - 2nd International Conference, DHA 2020, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Yichuan Wang, William Yu Wang, Zhijun Yan, Dongsong Zhang
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	127-132
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9789811636301
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3631-8_12
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd International Conference on Digital Health and Medical Analytics, DHA 2020 - Beijing, China Duration: 25 Jul 2020 → 25 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1412
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	2nd International Conference on Digital Health and Medical Analytics, DHA 2020
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	25/07/20 → 25/07/20

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

5G network
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Relational coordination
Telemedicine system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
General Mathematics

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Zhai, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, M., Gittell, J. H., Jiang, S., Chen, B., Cui, F., He, X., Zhao, J., & Wang, X. (2021). From Isolation to Coordination: How Can Telemedicine Help Combat the COVID-19 Outbreak? In Y. Wang, W. Y. Wang, Z. Yan, & D. Zhang (Eds.), Digital Health and Medical Analytics - 2nd International Conference, DHA 2020, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 127-132). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1412). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3631-8_12

Zhai, Yunkai ; Wang, Yichuan ; Zhang, Minhao et al. / From Isolation to Coordination : How Can Telemedicine Help Combat the COVID-19 Outbreak?. Digital Health and Medical Analytics - 2nd International Conference, DHA 2020, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Yichuan Wang ; William Yu Wang ; Zhijun Yan ; Dongsong Zhang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 127-132 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Digital Health and Medical Analytics - 2nd International Conference, DHA 2020, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Yichuan Wang; William Yu Wang; Zhijun Yan; Dongsong Zhang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 127-132 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1412).

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From Isolation to Coordination: How Can Telemedicine Help Combat the COVID-19 Outbreak?

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