Use of a Telemedicine Risk Assessment Tool to Predict the Risk of Hospitalization of 496 Outpatients With COVID-19: Retrospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Risk assessment of patients with acute COVID-19 in a telemedicine context is not well described. In settings of large numbers of patients, a risk assessment tool may guide resource allocation not only for patient care but also for maximum health care and public health benefit.

Objective

The goal of this study was to determine whether a COVID-19 telemedicine risk assessment tool accurately predicts hospitalizations.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study of a COVID-19 telemedicine home monitoring program serving health care workers and the community in Atlanta, Georgia, with enrollment from March 24 to May 26, 2020; the final call range was from March 27 to June 19, 2020. All patients were assessed by medical providers using an institutional COVID-19 ris

SUBMITTER: O'Keefe JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8092025 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature