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    A meta-analysis of industry 4.0 design principles applied in the health sector
    (Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell., 2021) Amrita Sisodia; Rajni Jindal
    The approach of health 4.0 is driven out from the well-known industry 4.0. The goal of industry 4.0 is to bring a revolution in the manufacturing sector by digitization. The future of health management will become timelier and more personalized as new technologies will empower individuals to conduct their health monitoring by using cyber-physical systems. The design principles of industry 4.0 connect the physical and virtual world in real-time. Virtualization in health happens after the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). For this 5G, the next-generation mobile network provides ambient intelligence for orchestration of medical services so that government and private companies can reconsider health prospects. These technological developments in healthcare, big data and industry 4.0 are individually attracting the huge attention of academics and industries. However, a detailed study of big data and industry 4.0 together concerning healthcare is still not present in the existing literature. The main contribution of this article is to present a meta-analytic approach to interpret, integrate and critically investigate the findings of original articles. This study expounds a novel approach for achieving effectual and comparable results related to the explained research problems. The results summarize about the standards used in main research directions, and existing deficiencies present in this area. The findings of this systematic literature review (SLR) can be helpful as future guidelines to researchers and practitioners working in the area of health 4.0 and related topics.
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    Field based research in the era of the pandemic in resource limited settings: challenges and lessons for the future
    (Frontiers in Public Health, 2024) Rubina Mulchandani; Tanica Lyngdoh; Sheetal Gandotra; H. S. Isser; Rajinder K. Dhamija; Ashish Kumar Kakkar
    The coronavirus pandemic that began in December 2019, has had an unprecedented impact on the global economy, health systems and infrastructure, in addition to being responsible for significant mortality and morbidity worldwide. The new normal has brought along, unforeseen challenges for the scientific community, owing to obstructions in conducting field-based research in lieu of minimizing exposure through in-person contact. This has had greater ramifications for the LMICs, adding to the already existing concerns. As a response to COVID-19 related movement restrictions, public health researchers across countries had to switch to remote data collections methods. However, impediments like lack of awareness and skepticism among participants, dependence on paper-based prescriptions, dearth of digitized patient records, gaps in connectivity, reliance on smart phones, concerns with participant privacy at home and greater loss to follow-up act as hurdles to carrying out a research study virtually, especially in resource-limited settings. Promoting health literacy through science communication, ensuring digitization of health records in hospitals, and employing measures to encourage research participation among the general public are some steps to tackle barriers to remote research in the long term. COVID-19 may not be a health emergency anymore, but we are not immune to future pandemics. A more holistic approach to research by turning obstacles into opportunities will not just ensure a more comprehensive public health response in the coming time, but also bolster the existing infrastructure for a stronger healthcare system for countries.