A 360 degree mixed-methods evaluation of a specialized COVID-19 outpatient clinic and remote patient monitoring program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our goals are to quantify the impact on acute care utilization of a specialized COVID-19 clinic with an integrated remote patient monitoring program in an academic medical center and further examine these data with stakeholder perceptions of clinic effectiveness and acceptability.

Methods

A retrospective cohort was drawn from enrolled and unenrolled ambulatory patients who tested positive in May through September 2020 matched on age, presence of comorbidities and other factors. Qualitative semi-structured interviews with patients, frontline clinician, and administrators were analyzed in an inductive-deductive approach to identify key themes.

Results

Enrolled patients were more likely to be hospitalized than unenrolled patients (N = 11/137 in enrolled vs 2/1

SUBMITTER: Vilendrer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9189794 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature