Adoption, feasibility and safety of a family medicine-led remote monitoring program for patients with COVID-19: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Virtual care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) allows providers to monitor COVID-19-positive patients with variable trajectories while reducing the risk of transmission to others and ensuring health care capacity in acute care facilities. The objective of this descriptive analysis was to assess the initial adoption, feasibility and safety of a family medicine-led remote monitoring program, COVIDCare@Home, to manage the care of patients with COVID-19 in the community.

Methods

COVIDCare@Home is a multifaceted, interprofessional team-based remote monitoring program developed at an ambulatory academic centre, the Women's College Hospital in Toronto. A descriptive analysis of the first cohort of patients admitted from Apr. 8 to May 11, 2020, was con

SUBMITTER: Agarwal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8034257 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature