ArticleBMJ open quality2021
Associations between remote patient monitoring programme responsiveness and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19.
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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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- Comparing a Data Entry Tool to Provider Insights Alone for Assessment of COVID-19 Hospitalization Risk: Pilot Matched Cohort Comparison Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Large-scale Implementation of a COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Observational
- COVID-19 teleassistance and teleconsultation: a matched case-control study (MIRATO project, Lombardy, Italy).Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Telemedicine in Emergency Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic-Experiences and Prospects-A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Hospitalization Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19 Undergoing Remote Monitoring.JAMA network open · 2022Observational
- A prospective observational study evaluating the use of remote patient monitoring in ED discharged COVID-19 patients in NYC.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Observational
- Patient experience and healthcare utilization for a COVID-19 telemedicine home monitoring program offered in English and Spanish.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess whether engagement in a COVID-19 remote patient monitoring (RPM) programme or telemedicine programme improves patient outcomes.
methodsThis is a retrospective cohort study analysing patient responsiveness to our RPM survey or telemedicine visits and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily text message surveys and telemedicine consultations were offered to all patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at our institutional screening centres. Survey respondents with alarm responses were contacted by a nurse. We assessed the relationship between virtual engagement (telemedicine or RPM survey response) and clinical outcomes using multivariable logistic regression.
resultsBetween 10 July 2020 and 2 January 2021, 6822 patients tested positive, with 1230 (18%) responding to at least one survey. Compared with non-responders, responders were younger (49 vs 53 years) and more likely to be white (40% vs 33%) and female (65% vs 55%) and had fewer comorbidities. After adjustment, individuals who engaged virtually were less likely to experience an emergency department visit, hospital admission or intensive care unit-level care.
conclusionTelemedicine and RPM programme engagement (vs no engagement) were associated with better outcomes, but this was likely due to differences in groups at baseline rather than the efficacy of our intervention alone.
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