ACCENT JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ECOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Peer Reviewed and Refereed Journal, ISSN NO. 2456-1037Available Online: www.ajeee.co.in/index.php/AJEEE
Vol. 06, Special Issue 01, (IC-RCOVID19) April 2021 IMPACT FACTOR: 7.98 (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL) 180 TECHNOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Marie Fernandes
Assistant Professor, Renaissance University
Abstract:- As Covid-19 pandemic is in upsurge it has also brought forth upsurge in the use of digital technologies which have come into affect due to the social distancing norms and nationwide lockdowns. New ways of working in organizations has also led to increase in digitalization in leading firms and educational institutions all over the world. People are adjusting and trying to maintain the status quo. The various types of human working i.e.
shopping, learning, working, meeting, and entertainment have shifted from offline to online.
This has resulted in an accelerated diffusion of emerging digital technologies among ordinary people and thus there are many technologies which are becoming prominent in view of this pandemic. These technologies are also helping in management of the pandemic.
As we all know, technology cannot prevent the onset of the pandemics; however, it can help prevent the spread, educate, warn, and empower those on the ground to be aware of the situation, and noticeably lessen the impact and with converging technologies like mobile, cloud, analytics, robotics, AI/ML, 4G/5G, and high-speed internet, it has become possible to test several innovative approaches to pandemic response.
This paper will present a conceptual review about the various digital technologies in use during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
1. INTRODUCTION
The dependence of numerous aspects of society on technology innovation and online platforms has developed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. This radical change has affected all industries and enterprises, service and administration sectors including the medical health–care service sectors, education and schooling, retail, travel, food, and government offices.
As post Covid-19 pandemic we have digital overload. There is technological revolution and not only just Cultural Revolution. The use of online communication tools – from email to virtual chat and video-conferencing have transformed our way of working thus helping us shift our work to remote working during the COVID pandemic.
The upsurges in digital technologies has touched not only working of education sector but have also led to improvised use of technology in healthcare sector as well as business enterprises.
In healthcare sectors, the various emerging technologies including geospatial technology, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, telemedicine, block chain, 5G technology, smart applications, Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), robotics, and additive manufacturing are substantially important for Covid‐19 detecting, monitoring, diagnosing, screening, surveillance, mapping, tracking, and creating awareness. For example, global positioning technologies provide precise disaster location positions for relief and rehabilitation purposes. The same ideology can be incorporated in fighting Covid‐19 pandemic. In addition to the information systems that are normally used in healthcare, the new applications of video conferencing for doctor appointments, contact tracing applications, and emergency messaging services were deployed during this time.
On the other hand, Artificial Intelligence algorithms play a tremendous role in rapid detection, classification, identification, screening, and quantization of patients with Covid‐19. These AI algorithms have been used in machine learning, deep learning and computer vision to discover insightful patterns in datasets.
Internet of Things (IoT) is an innovative technology used to provide information and monitoring system during Covid-19 epidemic. IoT helps by monitoring of Covid-19 patients, by employing an interconnected network.
The health-care sector is also adopting innovative technologies such as block chain which can help in effective planning operations and resource deployments. Block chain technology can play an important role in the healthcare sector, such as improved clinical trial data management by reducing delays in regulatory approvals, and streamline the communication between diverse stakeholders of the supply chain, etc.
ACCENT JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ECOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Peer Reviewed and Refereed Journal, ISSN NO. 2456-1037Available Online: www.ajeee.co.in/index.php/AJEEE
Vol. 06, Special Issue 01, (IC-RCOVID19) April 2021 IMPACT FACTOR: 7.98 (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL) 181 Block chain technology has several potential use cases that can help tackle the current pandemic crisis. It can be used to simplify the clinical trial processes for vaccines and drugs. It tends to be utilized to work on the clinical preliminary cycles for immunizations and medications and can work as a dependable information tracker, raise public awareness.
In Education and schooling Sector new Virtual learning models were brought into use as a part of digital transformation. Schools and universities, moved to virtual learning in this pandemic which again resulted in innovative use of digital technology. Inspite of the changed educational model on universities, the new virtual learning also led stressful environment. This even hindered the wholesome learning process, provided access to required technologies and Internet bandwidth but led to impediments to lab-based research, academic integrity, surveillance issues with exposure of protection and privacy.
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