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Remote Monitoring of Patients with Covid-19: Design, implementation, and outcomes of the first 3,000 patients in COVID Watch

An innovation team at the University of Pennsylvania Health System demonstrates how an automated text-messaging system can remotely monitor patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 at home and quickly support worsening patients with human care.

Summary

To manage a large and heterogenous population of patients with confirmed or presumed Covid-19, but well enough to remain at home, the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) developed a program to monitor for worsening dyspnea or other concerning symptoms. “COVID Watch” combined automated twice-daily text message check-ins with a...

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