COVID-19 Watch + COVID-19 Pulse
Covid19
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Covid19
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 started on COVID Watch as routine care via (1) outpatient COVID-19 testing or (2) who were tested for COVID-19 and discharged from the ED.
Exclusion Criteria:
- less than 18 years of age
- were provided a pulse oximeter upon discharge from the ED (available for distribution as usual care for patients with suspected COVID-19 being discharged from the ED with an ED pulse ox less than 95%, who have an infiltrate on chest x-ray, are greater than 60 years of age, or who are deemed by the ED clinician to have significant comorbid conditions).
Sites / Locations
- Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
COVID Watch
PCORI Pulse
COVID Watch provides text-based assessments, two times a day for 14 days and escalates care to a nurse via telemedicine for any reported worsening of symptoms not severe enough to recommend going to the ED immediately. This service is provided free of charge to patients, a benefit to patients without insurance or established primary care. UPHS already offers a version of COVID Watch with pulse oximetry to patients with COVID-19 being discharged from the ED who meet specific criteria: a discharge pulse ox less than 95%, an infiltrate on chest x-ray, are or age of 60 years or older, or who are deemed by the ED clinician to have significant comorbid conditions.
This arm is COVID Watch + pulse oximeter device. Patients sent a pulse oximeter will be prompted twice daily to text their oxygen saturation level after walking in place for 1 minute. If the oxygen saturation is >3% lower than than the baseline first O2 sat measurement, or if it falls below an absolute level of 90%, the patient will receive an immediate call from the same on-call RN's for COVID Watch and undergo the same triage protocol .