Alghamdi Saeed M, Alqahtani Jaber S, Aldhahir Abdulelah M
Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK.
Respiratory Care Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 2020 Sep-Dec;27(3):208-211. doi: 10.4103/jfcm.JFCM_295_20. Epub 2020 Sep 25.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the responses of countries to emerging infectious diseases have altered dramatically, increasing the demand for health-care practitioners. Telehealth (TH) applications could have an important role in supporting public health precautions and the control of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This review summarizes the existing literature on the current status of TH applications used during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia and discusses the extent to which TH can support public health measures. TH mobile applications (e.g., Seha, Mawid, Tawakklna, Tabaud, and Tetamman) have found effective tools to facilitate delivering healthcare to persons with COVID-19, and tracking of COVID-19 patients. TH has been essential in the control of the spread of COVID-19 and has helped to flatten the growth curve in Saudi Arabia. Further research is needed to explore the impact of TH applications on the progression of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.
自冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行开始以来，各国对新发传染病的应对措施发生了巨大变化，对医护人员的需求也在增加。远程医疗（TH）应用在支持公共卫生预防措施和控制COVID-19大流行传播方面可能发挥重要作用。本综述总结了沙特阿拉伯在COVID-19期间使用的TH应用现状的现有文献，并讨论了TH在多大程度上可以支持公共卫生措施。TH移动应用程序（如Seha、Mawid、Tawakklna、Tabaud和Tetamman）已成为向COVID-19患者提供医疗服务以及追踪COVID-19患者的有效工具。TH在控制COVID-19传播方面至关重要，并有助于平缓沙特阿拉伯的增长曲线。需要进一步研究以探索TH应用对沙特阿拉伯COVID-19病程的影响。
