Pandemic-Related Impairment in the Monitoring of Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes and the Development of a Digital Solution for the Community Health Worker: Quasiexperimental and Implementation Study.
Christiane Correa Rodrigues CiminiJunia Xavier MaiaMagda Carvalho PiresLeonardo Bonisson RibeiroVânia Soares de Oliveira E Almeida PintoJames BatchelorAntonio Luiz Pinho RibeiroMilena Soriano MarcolinoPublished in: JMIR medical informatics (2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant drop in the number of consultations for patients with hypertension and DM in primary care. A DSS for CHW has proved to be feasible, useful, and easily incorporated into their routines.