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Fighting COVID remotely


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Patients enrolled in the COVID-19-to-Home program receive a console and a finger-touch emergency wrist band to immediately connect with medical professionals.When last fall’s nationwide upsurge in COVID-19 threatened to overwhelm hospitals in New Mexico and elsewhere, Doña Ana County organizations came together to fight the spike with remote-monitoring technology.
Local public and private entities rapidly assembled a novel “COVID-to-Home” program that combined cutting-edge telemedicine with broad community coordination to closely monitor patients at home or in hotel rooms, allowing area hospitals to reserve beds for the most critical COVID-19 patients.
Electronic Caregiver’s “Pro Health” kit for COVID-19-to-Home patients includes a cellular-connected console, an oximeter, a non-touch thermometer, a blood pressure cuff and a wrist band for immediate ....

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