Remote patient monitoring for ED discharges in the COVID-19 pandemic.
effectiveness
emergency care systems
emergency department management
emergency departments
infectious diseases
viral
Journal
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
ISSN: 1472-0213
Titre abrégé: Emerg Med J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100963089
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
12
05
2020
revised:
12
12
2020
accepted:
28
12
2020
pubmed:
22
1
2021
medline:
27
2
2021
entrez:
21
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
COVID-19 has had a significant effect on healthcare resources worldwide, with our knowledge of the natural progression of the disease evolving for the individual patient. To allow for early detection of worsening clinical status, protect hospital capacity and provide extended access for vulnerable patients, our emergency department developed a remote patient monitoring programme for discharged patients with COVID-19. The programme uses a daily emailed secure link to a survey in which patients submit biometric and symptoms data for monitoring. Patients' meeting criteria are escalated to a physician for a phone or video visit. Here, we describe the development, implementation and preliminary analysis of utilisation of the programme.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33472870
pii: emermed-2020-210022
doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-210022
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
229-231Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.