PHARMACEUTICAL BIOSENSOR DEVICES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN COVID-19 AND RELATED PANDEMICS

Dr Naresh Rathod; Dr Aashish singh Rajput; Dr Jyothi DB; Dr Fouzia M; Geeta Rathod

Volume : X, Issue : V, May - 2020

PHARMACEUTICAL BIOSENSOR DEVICES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN COVID-19 AND RELATED PANDEMICS

Dr Naresh Rathod, Dr Aashish Singh Rajput, Dr Jyothi Db, Dr Fouzia M, Geeta Rathod

Abstract :

The world today is in a state of crisis, we are admist the Covid–19 pandemic, that is caused by a new virus belonging to the family of coronaviruses. It is presumed to have taken its origin from a cross species transmission in the Hubei province of the capital city of Wuhan, China. It started as an epidemic to later engulf the entire globe in its purview as a pandemic, causing disastrous consequences on the human race, claiming innumerable lives and causing crippling effects on the global economy. The hardest hit is on the healthcare system, which is overburdened with the responsibility of screening, diagnosis, monitoring, isolation, quarantine and other measures to tackle the menace of this pandemic. The healthcare and allied professionals are on the frontline battling this situation and saving human lives. Risk of exposure among these professionals is high, it is added up by the demands of wide spread screening campaigns that involves aerosol generating procedures for the diagnosis. These procedures increase the risk of spread, by indirectly increasing the viral load. Managing the overall burden of the pandemic, requires large number of people to be in the frontline, which demands for continuous and proper supply of high quality Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) for their protection. Unfortunately there is a global shortage of supplies of these equipments and frontline workers are forced to work without adequate security and supply of PPEs. In such a scenario, technological advancement in the form of wearable Pharmaceutical devices like the biosensor patches, based on the principles of artificial intelligence comes to our rescue. These devices will enable one to remotely monitor the vital parameters like, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature, blood oxygen saturation, ECG, etc. By using apps in the mobile phones constructed on the principles of embedded technology, this will indirectly reduce the frequent interactions of doctors with their patients, enable them to monitor the vital parameters of the admitted Covid–19 patients and home quarantines suspects. Such interventions would lessen the burden of excess bed utilisation and enable us to promptly intervene on a necessity basis. Different kinds of wearable biosensor devices are available in the market based on similar principle of input and output data generation, accelerometers and motion sensor, that can be utilised for carrying out this job. The government should divert its funds and encourage the research and development of such devices and implement policies feasible for large scale indigenous production. This could cut through the barriers of accessibility, affordability and availability. Frequent awareness, education campaigns regarding wearable biosensor devices among the general public, would enable easy usage in the coming future. As time is the deciding factor in a pandemic like Covid–19, quick decision, robust action and effective utilisation of the technological advancement is the key deciding factor.