New Challenges and Opportunities
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https://doi.org/10.36327/ewjh.v1i34.19481Keywords:
Psychiatric, Digital, Healthcare, Realistic Clinic, Covid-19, Challenges, OpportunitiesAbstract
This paper aims to explore the digital transformation of mental health care and highlight the new challenges and opportunities it presents, so that the digital transformation of mental health care faces challenges, such as the extent to which privacy, ethics and security are maintained in protecting patients' personal data?. Digital transformation also requires maintaining a balance between technology and human communication. However, it opens doors to new opportunities in psychiatric health care of easy access to remote care and saving time and efficiency for patients and caregivers. Applications and digital tools can also be used for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, contributing to improving the quality of psychiatric care. In addition, digital transformation helps maintain continuity of treatment in times of crisis and adversity that people may face. The digital psychiatric clinic seeks to provide continuous support to patients. With long-term innovation and research opportunities to develop new tools and techniques that promote mental health care But it may pose many challenges for the specialists themselves, such as their digital illiteracy problem, How to maintain confidentiality, privacy, compassionate care and empathy in a digital clinic and how effective treatment programs are challenges for patients themselves, and for developing countries that do not have a robust digital infrastructure.
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