Hospitalization Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19 Undergoing Remote Monitoring.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care systems have implemented remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs to manage patients with COVID-19 at home, but the associations between participation and outcomes or resource utilization are unclear.

Objective

To assess whether an RPM program for COVID-19 is associated with lower or higher likelihood of hospitalization and whether patients who are admitted present earlier or later for hospital care.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, observational, cohort study of RPM was performed at Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network, an academic health system in southeastern Wisconsin. Participants included patients with internal primary care physicians and a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the ambulatory setting between M

SUBMITTER: Crotty BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264036 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature