Covid-19 Impact on Telemedicine

Abstract

In healthcare,the delivery has become challenging as the affected patients need to be cured, and at the same time, other patients and communities need to be protected. The traditional healthcare delivery modes need to be revised as it has a higher probability of human contact and transmission of infections.This study aims to review the existing work in the literature related to care delivery in the COVID 19 era and to suggest alternative modes and practices to reduce the transmission of infection and to improve the accessibility of healthcare to the population. This research was conducted through a comprehensive review of research articles available in the research databases "PubMed" and "Science Direct"searched with the keywords "Coronavirus" and "COVID-19" till March 19, 2020. This conceptual study analysis the best practices for adoption by the government to contain COVID 19. At the same time, it also analyses the conceptual model proposed in a study done in Taiwan. Moreover, the current study proposes a new healthcare delivery model with the integration of Telemedicine, Healthcare, and Institutional Care. This study concludes that at the primary level of healthcare, the Use of Telemedicine should be considered and promoted, similarly at the secondary level of care, Home healthcare should be the preferred mode, and last, at the tertiary level of healthcare requires hospitalization should be preferred.