Event Title
Home Telemonitoring of COVID Patients by Medical Students at the Christiana Care Virtual Practice
Start Date
5-28-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
5-28-2020 5:00 PM
Description
SARS-Cov2 arrived in Delaware on March 11, 2020. By March 22, 2020, stay at home orders were in place1. During this time, CareVio, a subsidiary of ChristianaCare, was tasked with developing a strategy to monitor the Delaware community. CareVio repurposed Twistle – a telemonitoring application utilized to distribute symptom related surveys and conduct text message conversations for follow up. This service had the capability to act as a virtual information desk and triage patients to be seen by virtual practice providers or the emergency department. Patient monitoring via Twistle was initiated on March 18, 2020 and medical students from Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine assumed the role 7 days later.
Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, medical students, tlemonitoring
Home Telemonitoring of COVID Patients by Medical Students at the Christiana Care Virtual Practice
SARS-Cov2 arrived in Delaware on March 11, 2020. By March 22, 2020, stay at home orders were in place1. During this time, CareVio, a subsidiary of ChristianaCare, was tasked with developing a strategy to monitor the Delaware community. CareVio repurposed Twistle – a telemonitoring application utilized to distribute symptom related surveys and conduct text message conversations for follow up. This service had the capability to act as a virtual information desk and triage patients to be seen by virtual practice providers or the emergency department. Patient monitoring via Twistle was initiated on March 18, 2020 and medical students from Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine assumed the role 7 days later.
Comments
Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference