DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2020.v07i12.006

Pages: 467-480

Purpose: The outbreak of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern. Telehealth is an effective option to fight the outbreak of COVID-19. The aim of this systematic review was to identify the role of telehealth services in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling diseases during COVID-19 outbreak. In a World constantly challenged by the epidemics, health of every individual should be taken care of. The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis of historic proportions. Health providers, caregivers and working staff are most vulnerable to the infections amid widespread of any contagious disease. The minimization of human-to-human interactions to prevent exposure to the virus is paving the way for emerging technologies. Social distancing is prompting organizations to embrace video conferencing, virtual classrooms and telemedicine at an unprecedented scale. The current crop of emerging technologies is no different; they are being put to the test in fighting COVID-19. Since these technologies will generate efficiency gains, organizations may retain them beyond the crisis. The discontinuities of crises like the COVID-19 pandemic create urgent new needs and new, large healthcare customer problems to solve — a huge innovation opportunity. The coronavirus is now a global crisis, and it has impacted the healthcare system. Its advice, that patients who are not significantly ill should not go to a physician's office, clinic, or hospital. Still, patients continue to have needs, and chronic diseases must be managed. The outbreak has generated an enormous possibility related to the use of telemedicine, which offers a unique capacity for remote screening and treatment, and can be a powerful tool for reducing transmission of the disease. Telemedicine has proved to be a breakthrough technology in dealing with the crisis of the epidemics. Telemedicine delivers care to the individuals by eradicating the risks of cross-contamination of