During the novel coronavirus outbreak,hospitals all over Chinahave used smart technology to care for patients and make work easier fordoctors. The outbreak will help smart healthcare develop faster in China,according to Xinhua.
Robots lend a hand
Robots are being used to fight the virus.For example, medical workers at the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen areusing robots to do routine (常规的) medical tasks.
Developed by Chinese AI company UB Tech,these robots can offer medical advice, deliver (递送) medicine and disinfect (消毒) wards (病房) and other areas. They can alsocheck temperatures, according to China Daily.
Liu Yue, head of the hospital's feveroutpatient services (发热门诊), said the robots have made work much easier. "It greatlyreduces our burden (负担), and it can also prevent usfrom missing infected patients," Liu said.
Remote (远程的) healthcareservices
It can be dangerous for medical workers andpatients to come into contact ( 接触 ) with each other. But with remote medical services, doctorsat different hospitals can share photos and videos to come up with the besttreatment. China'sthree biggest telecom companies are providing hospitals across the country with5G support. This allows them totransfer(传送) large amounts of data (数据) quickly.
For example, on Feb 27, doctors in thecities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou used 5Gtechnology to treat a severely (严重地) ill 67-year-old patient in Wuhan, according to China Daily. Bydiagnosing (诊断) patients remotely, doctors can protectboth themselves and their patients.
AI makes work more efficient (高效的)
Ask Bob is an AI-powered consultation (咨询) platform.Developed by Ping An Smart Healthcare, it can provide users with informationabout the virus, help people do medical self-checks, check their mental (心理的) health and choose the right face masks, according to China Daily.
Ping An Smart Healthcare has also developedAI software that can read CT images and provide accurate (准确的) analyses (分析) to doctors. This can speed up the diagnostic process and allowdoctors to give faster treatment.
a. They delivered medicines.
b. They disinfected wards.
c. They transferred patients.
d. They checked temperatures.