Hospital Days Reduced for Moderate and Severe COVID-19 Patients Through a Home Monitoring Program With Oxygen

Jessica A. Martinez, Ariana Ehsan, Mary Mellady, Lisa Goldberg and Ryan A. Martinez

Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 3, 601-607

Abstract: While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the healthcare system, it has also expanded telemedicine. There is a subset of hospitalized moderate to severe COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen but no other intervention. This is a retrospective study of patients ≥18 years with moderate to severe COVID-19 that participated in a home monitoring program with supplemental oxygen (HMP-O 2 ) ( N  = 25). For study outcomes, HMP-O 2 participants were compared to patients meeting the same inclusion criteria but did not participate in the program ( N  = 60). On average, the HMP-O 2 patients spent 5.8 days (±5.5 days) in the hospital compared to 8.12 days (±5.5 days) for non-program patients. This resulted in 19% cost-savings for HMP-O 2 patients. Lessons learned from this program can be applied to future HMPs for either COVID-19 or other conditions that would benefit from telecare.

Keywords: home monitoring program; COVID-19; telemedicine; telecare, home oxygen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738231155298

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