A Touchless Communication in Medicine

Abstract

Space and touch are crucial variables in verbal and non-verbal communication which refer to interpersonal relationship. Thus, in a close relationship, medical personnel carry a significant risk of infectious diseases to and from their patients. However, the impacted and devastated outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic urges doctors and nurses to lessen this mutual dealing on the basis of good clinical practice guidelines as a touchless communication.

For centuries, human beings have accustomed themselves to the gesture signs and given signals as social distancing connection. Currently, Digital Technology, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence play roles to manipulate and organize big data. These help to innovate amazing products via programs, applications on mobile phones or robots to a state involving communication with minimized physical contact between people in a real-time fashion. In medicine, they are applied in healthcare services including medical informatics, records and supplies, screening, scheduling and transferring system, provisional diagnosis, drugs prescription and treatment; the informative and administrative section regarding personal identification, accounting, financial, literacy printing and reports. As well, it concerns the medical education relating to Virtual Reality, Hologram Technology and games for clinically skill practices that students can play a part in the learning process, challenge and solve the critical problems and gain a mastery and experience in definite diagnosis and proper management for its applications to the benefits of patients.