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Design Telemedical Systems in Control of Pandemics Like COVID-19

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Frameworks in Telehealth

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COVID-19 pandemic has badly burdened the medical facilities and paramedics. There are ever-rising apprehensions about COVID-19 management and its control, as its management required expensive diagnosis, control treatment, continuous monitoring, and regular follow-ups during the pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the medical practitioners’ approach towards the treatment of the patient. Owing to COVID-19, there has been a rapid change in how medical facilities are administered as technological advances are being accepted and adopted in the medical field broadly, and especially facilities like telemedicine and virtual care are gaining wider acceptance. Telemedicine and virtual care refer to providing healthcare services using digital platforms and making use of advanced information and communications technology (ICT) for the treatment of patients. Telemedicine helps in safeguarding the paramedics and patients from exposure to COVID-19 pandemics by reducing exposure and helps in extending timely care as it is cheap and available to every person and reduces the hassle of commuting. Further steps are being taken to further enhance the facilities by adopting new communication technologies for the communication of telemedicine and treatment.

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  1. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

    Ahasan Ullah Khan

  2. Climate-Smart Agriculture Lab, Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

    Ahasan Ullah Khan

  3. University Institute of Diet and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Sana Noreen

  4. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh

    Sarah Tasnim

  5. Department of Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Crop Science, Beijing, China

    Sarah Tasnim

  6. Department of Mathematics, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh

    Anayat Ullah Khan

  7. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia

    Yunita Sari Pane

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Khan, A.U., Noreen, S., Tasnim, S., Khan, A.U., Pane, Y.S. (2022). Design Telemedical Systems in Control of Pandemics Like COVID-19. In: Mittal, M., Battineni, G. (eds) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Frameworks in Telehealth. TELe-Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05049-7_9

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