Digital Health, Post COVID-19 Pandemic, and a Public Policy Perspective

Abstract

COVID-19 was a global pandemic that spread rapidly and caused public anxiety and concern. Various precautions have been attempted to reduce the intensity of the pandemic and its disruptive effects on society in response to the unexpected emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital health applications offer an innovative solution that is helpful for individuals, organisations, and health professionals while also, most significantly, assisting in the prevention of disease. There were many created to mark the shift to a digital healthcare system. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to assess the development of digital health during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of public policy and administration provided by digitalized healthcare systems. The research revealed that the role of public policy in supporting the implementation of digital health is encouraging innovation and the development of high-quality digital health technology, setting clear standards and regulations regarding the use of digital health technology, and promoting digital health literacy to the public.