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Background : Poornima University, in collaboration with Jodhpur School of Public Health, hosted aninsightful and interactive live global webinar on the topic of “Digitally Transforming the Future of GlobalPublic Health” on July 20, 2020.Findings: This report gives a brief awareness on the global public health transformation to digital platformsand understand the technical uses of artificial intelligence (AI). During COVID-19, use of Telemedicinehas increased, as a tool that reaches patient’s home. In the current situation, where social distancing andquarantine have been adopted as effective method to reduce the spread of COVID, telemedicine and virtualsoftware platforms gained more importance to provide health service.Conclusion: The findings show that telemedicine and virtual software will minimize emergency departmentvisits, protect healthcare resources and reduce the spread of COVID-19 by remotely treating patients duringand after the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine has continued to increase in uptake and shows tremendouspromise in expanding access to health care, promoting patient disease management, and facilitating inbetweenhealth care visit monitoring. Although the future is bright, more research is needed to determineoptimal ways to integrate telemedicine, especially remote monitoringinto routine clinical care. |