As COVID-19 spreads across the world, the future of medicine is quickly turning into the medicine of today. As the world continues its collective efforts at waging war against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, a handful of health tech devices and telemedicine tools are in the spotlight like never before. Many of these gadgets are being fast-tracked and called up to the front lines to be the tip of the spear in the coronavirus pandemic. With elevated body temperature being among the first symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by a coronavirus, some medical practices, retail businesses and even restaurants are checking people’s temperature at the door with these infrared thermometers pointed at the visitor’s forehead.
