Objective: Health care systems and professionals worldwide are relying on technology as an essential partner to manage the COVID-19 epidemic This paper explains how digital technologies can benefit the public, medical workers, and health care systems Method: This nonsystematic literature review was conducted on different technologies and their impact and applications in the COVID-19 epidemic using proper search keywords on the PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct databases Results: We found various helpful technologies, which can help us to appropriately contain and manage the COVID-19 pandemic through broad areas of clinical care, logistics, maintenance of socioeconomic activities, and inspection However, main challenges still need to be addressed for obtaining the full capacities of the technologies to support health care systems Conclusion: Technologies can offer many innovative ideas and solutions against global and local emergencies In this time of great vagueness and danger, we require all the resources we can collect to rescue ourselves and our patients Barriers and challenges, such as lack of technology proficiency, confidentiality requirements, and reimbursement matters, need to be recognized and resolved rapidly, accurately, and compassionately
New ways to manage pandemics: Using technologies in the era of COVID-19, a narrative review