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Remote health diagnosis and monitoring in the time of COVID-19

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posted on 2024-06-06, 01:22 authored by JA Behar, C Liu, K Kotzen, K Tsutsui, VDA Corino, J Singh, MAF Pimentel, P Warrick, S Zaunseder, F Andreotti, D Sebag, G Kopanitsa, PE McSharry, W Karlen, Chandan KarmakarChandan Karmakar, GD Clifford
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is rapidly spreading across the globe. The clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia requires early detection and monitoring, within a clinical environment for critical cases and remotely for mild cases, with a large spectrum of symptoms. The fear of contamination in clinical environments has led to a dramatic reduction in on-site referrals for routine care. There has also been a perceived need to continuously monitor non-severe COVID-19 patients, either from their quarantine site at home, or dedicated quarantine locations (e.g. hotels). In particular, facilitating contact tracing with proximity and location tracing apps was adopted in many countries very rapidly. Thus, the pandemic has driven incentives to innovate and enhance or create new routes for providing healthcare services at distance. In particular, this has created a dramatic impetus to find innovative ways to remotely and effectively monitor patient health status. In this paper, we present a review of remote health monitoring initiatives taken in 20 states during the time of the pandemic. We emphasize in the discussion particular aspects that are common ground for the reviewed states, in particular the future impact of the pandemic on remote health monitoring and consideration on data privacy.

History

Journal

Physiological Measurement

Volume

41

Article number

ARTN 10TR01

Pagination

1 - 29

Location

England

ISSN

0967-3334

eISSN

1361-6579

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

10

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd