Medical Students to the Rescue: Fighting COVID-19 with an Outpatient Pulse Oximetry Monitoring Protocol

The COVID-19 Outpatient Pulse Oximetry Protocol (CO-POP), which is led and co-designed by medical students, allowed for structured outpatient pulse oximetry monitoring of COVID-19 patients who are at risk for clinical decompensation without adding workload to the already limited healthcare workforce resources.

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VA Video Telehealth and Training Programs During the COVID-19 Response

Video telehealth has played a crucial role in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As VA providers transitioned to providing remote care for their patients, VA experienced exponential growth in telemedicine — particularly in the use of synchronous video telehealth care, known at VA as Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT).

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Telehealth for Limiting Readmission Rates of COPD Patients: An Assessment Based on Medicare Data

Telemedicine has developed as an innovative way to remotely view and treat patients without necessitating for patients to physically come into a physicians’ office or healthcare facility. This article looks at insights into the effectiveness of integrating telemedicine in medical facilities, where patients have high hierarchical condition category (HCC) risk scores.

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