Becker's Healthcare September 3, 2021
Mayo Clinic researchers investigated the benefits of the Rochester, Minn.-based health system’s COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program, which it rolled out in March 2020, according to a study recently published in Nature.
Five details:
1. Mayo’s COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program has served more than 7,000 patients across 41 states, according to a Sept. 2 news release.
2. For the study, Mayo researchers evaluated the following areas of the remote monitoring program: feasibility, safety, patient engagement with technology, rate of alerts and escalations managed by virtual care teams, use of acute care resources, and patient clinical outcomes.
3. The researchers developed protocols to assess patients’ technical readiness following enrollment in the program, including providing instructions in...