Frontiers Research Topic: Health Technologies and Innovations to Effectively Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic marks one of the greatest global challenges experienced this century. It has led to more than 20 million reported infections and caused more than 800 000 deaths world-wide. Despite attempts at lifting restrictions for lock-downs and seeking ways “back” to a “new normal”, we are far from a stable transition to a new normal life.
Digital Health solutions have already been used in many ways from tracking and tracing apps to deep learning for analysis of computerized tomography images or audio-based diagnosis and early symptom recognition. However, there are many technologies and innovations that remain unexploited with vast potential in improving the reliability, trustability, usability, and explainability of healthcare services: including the speed and quality of diagnosis, healthcare process and results. In addition, novel technology solutions and innovations to adapt processes and technologies are desperately needed. Further, there is a need for new regulatory pathways and processes for rapid testing, approval and integration of these new technologies into practice.
More information can be found in: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/16023/health-technologies-and-innovations-to-effectively-respond-to-the-covid-19-pandemic


Nicosia, Cyprus, September 21st, 2020
Tο Υπουργείο Υγείας υπό την επίβλεψη και την καθοδήγηση της Εθνικής Αρχής Ηλεκτρονικής Υγείας και τον συντονισμό του Προέδρου της Αρχής, Καθηγητή Χρίστου Ν. Σχίζα, προχώρησε στην υλοποίηση της Εθνικής Πλατφόρμας Ηλεκτρονικής Υγείας για ενδονοσοκομειακή και εξ αποστάσεως παρακολούθησης περιστατικών COVID-19.
Programme: Erasmus+, Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices - Knowledge Alliances
Title of the Summer School: IT for Physical and Cognitive Disabilities