E-Adoption of Emerging Technology in the Health Sector During COVID-19

Introduction

The Covid-19 pandemic is a rapidly spreading respiratory infection. It was caused by the virus named SARS CoV-2. This virus was first found in China in the month of December and the year 2019. It was quickly spread over the world, infecting millions of people. The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) got reports of a new coronavirus on December 31, 2019. It has infected over 10 million individuals and killed over 500,000 people in more than 200 nations throughout the world (Coronavirus, W. H. O., 2021; Leila, Othman & Sakli, 2022; Kumar, 2020; Bhati, & Chandra, 2021).

The world has witnessed how the Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly infecting a vast number of people all across the world. Although the patterns are not yet obvious, some study indicates that this issue may endure until 2024 (Kissler et al., 2020). Furthermore, prevalence surveys in numerous countries show that only a small percentage of the population develops antibodies after being exposed to the virus, such as 5% in Spain. This means that a large majority of patients would need to be diagnosed in short periods of time by a small number of professionals with limited resources.

The Covid-19 outbreak substantially influences health systems' power to keep providing critical services. While the need for Covid-19 patient care is expanding globally, it is vital to continue preventive and curative services. Children, the elderly, individuals with chronic illnesses, minorities, and persons with disabilities are among the most disadvantaged people. The health industry is severely harmed by this pandemic. With hospital visits plummeting, the healthcare industry has moved its focus to virtual care, remote medicine, teleconsultations, and remote monitoring. Various developing technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), Hadoop, Deep Learning (DL), Cloud Computing (CC), and so on, can be leveraged to make the transition to an e-platform. For the welfare ness of society, it becomes necessary to adopt electronic techniques in the health sector. E-adoption of emerging technologies provides a platform that allows patient-doctor interaction more comfortably at any time and from anywhere.

Covid-19 issue was completely unforeseeable to the world. At first, the solution was completely unknown. This problem was absolutely unexpected. At first, there was no way of knowing what the solution was. There was no other option to interrupt the pandemic infection chain beyond self-isolation. It sped up the pace of breakthrough in science and research that can be replicated required to find solutions on a worldwide scale, in the struggle against with the Covid-19 epidemic. This research examines health before, during, and after the Covid-19 era. Following that, this study go into the numerous issues that the health department is facing as a result of Covid-19. In this study, the effects of e-adoption in the health industry are presented. This section discusses the need for an e-platform in the health department, its implications for business, mental health, and changes to the therapeutic process. Finally, a model that can help with pandemic situations like Covid-19 is proposed.

To address the problem, this research provide a literature study on the impact of covid-19 on the health and health sector. This study also shows various challenges faced by the health sector during covid-19. Further, it also provides a detailed study of how emerging technologies help in providing health facilities to the needy. Based on technologies, a framework is proposed to tackle the health sector. Covid-19 disturb the complete health sector that makes necessary to e-adopt the emerging technologies. This research mentions the ill effects of covid-19 on the health and health sector. Below is a summary of this work's contribution:

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  Literature work is discussed.

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  This study briefly analyzes the health sector before, during, and after the Covid-19 era.

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  This research list out various challenges faced by the health department due to Covid-19.

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  A framework is proposed for improving the health sector based on emerging technologies.

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  This article is also detailed about the impact of e-adoption on health.