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Adoption, feasibility and safety of a family medicine-led remote monitoring program for patients with COVID-19: a descriptive study.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of methods used for COVID-19 telehealth systems evaluation: lessons from past experiences for future use.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-reported experiences and outcomes of virtual care during COVID-19: a systematic review.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness and safety of pulse oximetry in remote patient monitoring of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.The Lancet. Digital health · 2022Pooled it
- Patient Experience and Caregiver Involvement in COVID-19 Care Pathways: Revealing System Blind Spots Through a Life-Events Calendar Approach.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acceptability and appropriateness of remote monitoring and self-administered pulse oximetry among COVID-19 patients in Honduras: a mixed-methods study.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
- Improving fidelity of implementation of self-administered pulse oximetry and remote patient monitoring in Honduras during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Feasibility, utility, usability and acceptance of a multimodal telemonitoring for COVID-19 patients in general practitioners practices in Germany: a mixed methods study with patients.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Home Monitoring Delivered Through the Emergency Department for Outpatients With COVID-19: COVID19@Home Aachen Pilot Cohort Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
- The implementation and evaluation of the Ontario COVID@Home Clinical Primary Care Pathway.Family practice · 2025Article
- Leveraging Smart Telemedicine Technology to Enhance Nursing Care Satisfaction and Revolutionize COVID-19 Care: Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Impact of self-administered pulse oximetry among non-hospitalized patients at risk of severe COVID-19 in Honduras: A pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial with temporal clustering.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Implementing a Patient Portal for the Remote Follow-Up of Self-Isolating Patients With COVID-19 Infection Through Patient and Stakeholder Engagement (the Opal-COVID Study): Mixed Methods Pilot Study.Journal of participatory medicine · 2024Article
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- Growing inequities by immigration group among older adults: population-based analysis of access to primary care and return to in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canada.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Applying the lessons of design thinking: a unique programme of care for acutely unwell, community-dwelling COVID-19 patients.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- Positive impact of a telemedicine education program on practicing health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A mixed methods study of an Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) program.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2024Article
- Towards A Framework for Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring From an Integrated Care Perspective: A Scoping Review.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Article
- What are COVID-19 Patient Preferences for and Experiences with Virtual Care? Findings From a Scoping Review.Journal of patient experience · 2023Article
- Implementation and Evaluation of COVIDCare@Home, a Family Medicine-Led Remote Monitoring Program for Patients With COVID-19: Multimethod Cross-sectional Study.JMIR human factors · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundVirtual 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.
methodsCOVIDCare@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 conducted. Lessons from the implementation of the program are described, focusing on measure of adoption (number of visits per patient total, with a physician or with a nurse; length of follow-up), feasibility (received an oximeter or thermometer; consultation with general internal medicine, social work or mental health, pharmacy or acute ambulatory care unit) and safety (hospitalizations, mortality and emergency department visits).
resultsThe COVIDCare@Home program cared for a first cohort of 97 patients (median age 41 yr, 67% female) with 415 recorded virtual visits. Patients had a median time from positive testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to first appointment of 3 (interquartile range [IQR] 2-4) days, with a median virtual follow-up time of 8 (IQR 5-10) days. A total of 4 (4%) had an emergency department visit, with no patients requiring hospitalization and no deaths; 16 (16%) of patients required support with mental and social health needs.
interpretationA family medicine-led, team-based remote monitoring program can safely manage the care of outpatients diagnosed with COVID-19. Virtual care approaches, particularly those that support patients with more complex health and social needs, may be an important part of ongoing health system efforts to manage subsequent waves of COVID-19 and other diseases.
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