Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19: An Unexpected Patient Safety Benefit

JAMA. 2022 Mar 22;327(12):1125-1126. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.2040.
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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint explains how some hospitals used home monitoring of pulse oximetry during the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid patient overcrowding and control high patient to staff ratios and how increased use of home monitoring for other vital signs could potentially improve patient safety and decrease costs.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19
  • Home Care Services*
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods*
  • Patient Safety*
  • Telemedicine*