Iran, Information Technology Governance, ۲۰۱۹ Novel Coronavirus Response

Coronavirus disease ۲۰۱۹ (COVID-۱۹) was quicklyspread all around the world (۱). On Feb ۱۹, ۲۰۲۰, Iranreported the initial cases of the novel coronavirus (۲۰۱۹-nCoV) (۲). As of Mar ۲۱, ۲۰۲۰, ۲۰,۶۱۰ confirmed cases ofCOVID-۱۹ were recorded in Iran, including ۱,۵۵۶ deaths (۳).Health facilities of the countries can support early diagnosisof COVID-۱۹ and its treatment (۴). Iran is facingthe shortage of medical, pharmaceutical, and laboratoryequipmentthat has resulted in the increasedburdenof theepidemic and, consequently, the higher number of deathcaused by the disease (۲). Also, the equality and efficiencyof the allocated health care resources are critical issues (۵).Information technology (IT) can facilitate accuratehealth care resource allocation in high, low, and middleincomecountries. Electronic data collection of patients atthe population level is one of the models that shows thecapabilities of IT for resource allocation. We can overcomethe challenges of traditional data collection by IT tools (۶).

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COVID-۱۹ ، Information Technology ، E-health