<strong>The Role of Technology in Monitoring Covid-19 pandemic</strong>
Creators: name: Olanrewaju, Zaid Olayiwola
name: Randell, Rebecca
name: Faisal, Muhammad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Health informatics and information systems
Public health not elsewhere classified

description: <strong>Objectives :</strong> The primary aim of this study is to examine the use of technology in NHS hospital wards during Covid-19 pandemic to monitor and respond to Covid-19. This research will focus on Electronic Health Record Systems EHR, with the objective to assess how EHR have been used in wards during the pandemic. Findings from this study will provide suggestions on the use of technologies in hospitals. Specific objective is to: 1. Investigate the technologies adopted by the NHS during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. 2. To provide a general overview of the role of technology in monitoring Covid-19 pandemic with the intention of identifying the used technology during the pandemic. 3. Evaluate how the EHR systems have been used within the NHS during Covid-19 pandemic 4. Analyse the frequency of use of the various EHR within the NHS hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. <br> <strong>Methods:</strong> The searches for relevant literature were comprehensive and thorough, involving appropriate studies using a wide-range internet search on several electronic databases, including Z library, Scopus, PUBMED/MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, Science direct, Dimensions, Cochrane database of systemic reviews. Additionally, searches were run on Google and Google Scholar. A date range of December 2019 till 25/05/2021 was used. Search terms for covid-19, technology (e.g., "digital technology", "information technology"), and hospitals (e.g., hospital, "medical centre", "medical institutions") were combined. The search was conducted with the assistance of Maria Introwicz, the faculty Librarian where the selection criteria described below were reviewed twice before selection of materials for this research review to ensure the objectivity of the selection. <strong>Results:</strong> At the end of database searches, 3970 articles were found, 1,269 records were identified as ineligible 2,462 duplicate articles were identified from the initial. 76 of the 239 records were excluded because the content of the articles was not technology related. A total of 163 articles were screened as full text and another 118 articles were excluded. Reasons for exclusion include: the non-availability of full text, some records did not discuss the use of technology in monitoring Covid-19 and some records discussed non-health related use of technology during Covid-19. Data was extracted from 45 articles that meet the criteria. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The scale of Covid-19 has resulted in an immediate reaction to control its effect unlike previous epidemics. Medical personnel, technology and process have quickly realigned and adjusted to the demands of safe and quality patient care where there was no known treatment protocol. Technology have been used in homes, hospital, and public places to monitor the spread of Covid-19 by preventing further spread, improving, and restoring patients’ health after infection.