Practice and System Construction of Telemedicine for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic Prevention and Control.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.12890
- Author:
Jing FAN
;
Hong-Yi LIN
;
Ming-Wei QIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
emergency management;
epidemic prevention;
telemedicine
- MeSH:
Betacoronavirus;
Coronavirus Infections;
drug therapy;
Humans;
Pandemics;
Pneumonia, Viral;
drug therapy;
Telemedicine
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2020;42(4):531-534
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Telemedicine is one of the five key components of the "Internet Plus Healthcare".Due to its high speed,real-timeness,low cost,and wide spread,telemedicine is highly feasible in the prevention and control of major infectious diseases.This article introduces the practiceof telemedicine in Peking Union Medical College Hospital during the cornavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic,during which the network resources were applied to break geographical restrictions and resolve communication barriers between hospitals and departments.This article summarizes the telemedicine application before,during and after COVID-19 control and elucidates how to build a telemedicine prevention and control system for infectious diseases,with an attempt to further improve telemedicine and is application in the public health emergency system in China.
