A 360 degree mixed-methods evaluation of a specialized COVID-19 outpatient clinic and remote patient monitoring program.
Stacie VilendrerAnna LestoquoyMaja ArtandiLinda BarmanKendell CannonDonn W GarvertDouglas HalketLaura M HoldsworthSara SingerLaura VaughanMarcy WingetPublished in: BMC primary care (2022)
Acute care utilization and multi-stakeholder interviews suggest heightened outpatient observation through a specialized COVID-19 clinic and remote patient monitoring program may have contributed to an increase in appropriate acute care utilization. The clinic's role securing safe reopening of health services systemwide was endorsed as a primary, if unmeasured, benefit.