Home Monitoring Delivered Through the Emergency Department for Outpatients With COVID-19: COVID19@Home Aachen Pilot Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The overwhelming COVID-19 situation in 2020/2021 required novel approaches that did not require additional personnel within the current health care system. Therefore, we initiated a trial of nonsupervised home monitoring via the emergency department of a tertiary hospital without the support of a virtual ward as part of the "Netzwerk Universitaetsmedizin" cooperation in Germany. Given that daily vital sign checks for inpatients with COVID-19 could indicate clinical deterioration, this approach might also be helpful in an outpatient setting and could help to identify the need for hospitalization and additional resources.

Objective

This study aims to determine whether patient-led home monitoring for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection can be implemented through the emergency

SUBMITTER: Niekrenz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12445781 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature