Virtual healthcare services and digital health technologies deployed during coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic in South Africa:a systematic review

作     者：Elliot Mbunge John Batani Goabaone Gaobotse Benhildah Muchemwa Elliot Mbunge;John Batani;Goabaone Gaobotse;Benhildah Muchemwa

作者机构：Department of Computer ScienceFaculty of Science and EngineeringUniversity of EswatiniKwaluseniManziniEswatini Department of Information TechnologyFaculty of Accounting and InformaticsDurban University of TechnologySouth Africa Faculty of Engineering and TechnologyBotho UniversityLesotho Department of Biological Sciences and BiotechnologyFaculty of ScienceBotswana International University of Science and TechnologyBotswana 

出 版 物：《Global Health Journal》 (全球健康杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第6卷第2期

页      面：102-113页

学科分类：0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 08[工学] 

主　　题：Digital health technology Virtual healthcare Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) Health systems South Africa 

摘      要：Aims:To identify virtual healthcare services and digital health technologies deployed in South Africa during coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and the challenges associated with their ***:To determine the status of digital health utilization during COVID-19 in South Africa,the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses model was used to perform a systematic and in-depth critical analysis of previously published studies in well-known and trusted online electronic databases using specific search keywords words that are relevant to this *** selected published peer-reviewed articles available from the onset of COVID-19 to July ***:Total of 24 articles were included into this *** study revealed that South Africa adopted digital technologies such as SMS-based solutions,mobile health applications,telemedicine and telehealth,WhatsApp-based systems,artificial intelligence and chatbots and robotics to provide healthcare services during COVID-19 *** innovative technologies have been used for various purposes including screening infectious and non-infectious diseases,disease surveillance and monitoring,medication and treatment compliance,creating awareness and *** study also revealed that teleconsultation and e-prescription,telelaboratory and telepharmacy,teleeducation and teletraining,teledermatology,teleradiology,telecardiology,teleophthalmology,teleneurology,telerehabilitation,teleoncology and telepsychiatry are among virtual healthcare services delivered through digital health technologies during COVID-19 in South ***,these smart digital health technologies face several impediments such as infrastructural and technological barriers,organization and financial barriers,policy and regulatory barriers as well as cultural ***:Although COVID-19 has invigorated the use of digital health technologies,there are still some *** outbreak of pandemics like COVID-19 in t