The Contribution of Digital Health in the Response to Covid-19 in Vietnam

Frontiers in Public Health

Son Thai Ha¹  Thong Huy Tran²  Long Viet Bui²  Hanh My Bui³  Thuy Phuong Nguyen⁴  Truong Thanh Nguyen⁵  Ha Ngoc Nguyen⁶  Kien Tran⁷  Nghiem Duc Pham⁸  Tu Huu Nguyen⁹  Tuyen Van Tran^1,10 

[1] Administration of Medical Services – Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam;Centre for Research, Consulting and Support of Community Health, Hanoi, Vietnam;Department of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam;Department of Functional Exploratory, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam;Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia;Ministry of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam;People's Police Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam;School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam;Vietnam Climate Innovation Center, Hanoi, Vietnam;Vietnam Young Physician Associations, Hanoi, Vietnam;eHealth Administration – Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam;

关键词: digital health;    COVID-19;    public health;    policy;    Vietnam;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.672732

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Emerging from early of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most serious health crisis globally. In response to such threat, a wide range of digital health applications has been deployed in Vietnam to strengthen surveillance, risk communication, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19. Digital health has brought enormous benefits to the fight against COVID-19, however, numerous constrains in digital health application remain. Lack of strong governance of digital health development and deployment; insufficient infrastructure and staff capacity for digital health application are among the main drawbacks. Despite several outstanding problems, digital health is expected to contribute to reducing the spread, improving the effectiveness of pandemic control, and adding to the dramatic transformation of the health system the post-COVID era.

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