The Revolutionary Impacts of the COVID-۱۹ Pandemic on Mobile Health; Highlights of the Fourth Shiraz International Congress on Mobile Health

Mobile health (m-health) is considered an undeniable part of health service delivery, planning, and marketing, which has dramatically changed due to the unique situation caused by the COVID-۱۹ pandemic. The Forth International Congress of Mobile Health, from February ۱۴th to ۱۶th, ۲۰۲۱, in Shiraz, Iran, aimed to provide a venue to exchange ideas, techniques, relevant experiments, and applications with a particular focus on the COVID-۱۹ pandemic impacts. More than ۷۰ experts from different countries in engineering, biomedical sciences, and humanities presented their recent experiences in m-health advancements, particularly in response to the COVID-۱۹ outbreak. In this article, highlights of the most valuable ideas presented at the congress are concisely summarized to give scientists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and other stakeholders a better understanding of the growing opportunities, and challenges toward the development of m-health

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Mobile Health , M-health , Telemedicine , COVID-۱۹ , E-health