Research Article
Mobile health applications during epidemic management in India: a review
@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.5-10-2020.166546, author={Rajgourab Ghosh and Sanjeev Kumar}, title={Mobile health applications during epidemic management in India: a review}, journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities}, volume={5}, number={13}, publisher={EAI}, journal_a={SC}, year={2020}, month={10}, keywords={ICT, mHealth, smart cities, epidemic, disease surveillance}, doi={10.4108/eai.5-10-2020.166546} }- Rajgourab Ghosh
Sanjeev Kumar
Year: 2020
Mobile health applications during epidemic management in India: a review
SC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-10-2020.166546
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Smart cities endeavour to provide a good quality of life to its inhabitants. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates redrawing the framework of epidemic management in India. Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) solutions such as mobile health (mHealth) can complement this. OBJECTIVES: To review ICT and mHealth used for epidemic management in smart cities of India. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted to identify the use of ICT or mHealth applications for epidemic management in smart cities. A predefined search strategy and a predefined eligibility criterion to search for articles published in English on Medline were used. RESULTS: Our study showed ICT and mHealth use has increased during the recent COVID-19 pandemic in India and available solutions can be applied in smart city framework to improve epidemic management and achieve mHealth targets. CONCLUSION: We conclude that there have been many advances in the provisions of ICT and mHealth interventions in India in context to smart cities and scope for improvements abound.
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