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Telehealth Services Support Community During the Covid-19 Outbreak in Iran: Activities of Ministry of Health and Medical Education Publisher



Hajizadeh A1, 2 ; Monaghesh E1, 3
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  1. 1. Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Health Economic and Management, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Source: Informatics in Medicine Unlocked Published:2021


Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has been ravaging Iran and other countries with increasing morbidity and mortality. The pathogen spread rapidly and the outbreak caused nationwide anxiety and shock in Iran. To combat the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) of Iran introduced several policies and activities, including the use of tele-health services. This letter to the editor uses anecdotal and other records to provide a summary of the activities of MOHME during the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran from February 1 to March 31, 2020. In this commentary, we reviewed the MOHME information site and extended the recommendations offered by MOHME via presenting the existing challenges and a roadmap of the necessary policy requirements. The existing evidence demonstrates that tele-health should have been rapidly implemented as it presents an effective mode of service delivery to reduce morbidity and mortality and decrease the burden on healthcare providers and the health system during the COVID-19 outbreak. © 2021 The Author(s)
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