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Review
. 2022 Feb 18;10(2):385.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare10020385.

Telehealth and Artificial Intelligence Insights into Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dina M El-Sherif  1 , Mohamed Abouzid  2   3 , Mohamed Tarek Elzarif  4 , Alhassan Ali Ahmed  3   5 , Ashwag Albakri  6 , Mohammed M Alshehri  7   8
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Review

Telehealth and Artificial Intelligence Insights into Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dina M El-Sherif et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Soon after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was proclaimed, digital health services were widely adopted to respond to this public health emergency, including comprehensive monitoring technologies, telehealth, creative diagnostic, and therapeutic decision-making methods. The World Health Organization suggested that artificial intelligence might be a valuable way of dealing with the crisis. Artificial intelligence is an essential technology of the fourth industrial revolution that is a critical nonmedical intervention for overcoming the present global health crisis, developing next-generation pandemic preparation, and regaining resilience. While artificial intelligence has much potential, it raises fundamental privacy, transparency, and safety concerns. This study seeks to address these issues and looks forward to an intelligent healthcare future based on best practices and lessons learned by employing telehealth and artificial intelligence during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; artificial intelligence; digital health; healthcare; pandemic; telehealth; telemedicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Co-citation map among COVID-19- and DH-related articles.
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