The Digitization of Health Care as a Weapon in the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic Cover Image

Cyfryzacja służby zdrowia orężem w walce z pandemią COVID-19
The Digitization of Health Care as a Weapon in the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Marian Niedźwiedziński, Halina Klepacz
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: The COVID-19 pandemic; the digitization in healthcare; the fight against coronavirus; digitally excluded groups; activities of ICT companies;

Summary/Abstract: The article highlights several key issues revealed during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. This include, among others: the need to accelerate the digitization process, primarily in healthcare, and the need for new solutions in the field of ICT to support the fight against coronavirus. Additionally, the issue of assistance activities by ICT companies undertaken in order to reduce the size of digitally excluded social groups was discussed. A number of noticed disruptions in the functioning of information systems in the epidemic area and the methods of eliminating them were also referred to.

  • Issue Year: 22/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 81-99
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish