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

Joachim A. Behar, Chengyu Liu, Kevin Kotzen, Kenta Tsutsui, Valentina D.A. Corino, Janmajay Singh, Marco A.F. Pimentel, Philip Warrick, Sebastian Zaunseder, Fernando Andreotti, David Sebag, Georgy Kopanitsa, Patrick E. McSharry, Walter Karlen, Chandan Karmakar, Gari D. Clifford

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number10TR01
Pages (from-to)10TR01
JournalPhysiological Measurement
Volume41
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Nov 2020

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Digital health
  • Remote health
  • Telemedicine
  • Pandemics
  • Humans
  • Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis
  • Monitoring, Physiologic/methods
  • Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis
  • Telemedicine/methods

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology (medical)
  • Biophysics
  • Physiology
  • Biomedical Engineering

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