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Vancouver Coastal Health tests app that could be used for quarantined COVID-19 patients
Vrtual care system designed for newly discharged patients may work for people self-quarantining for COVID-19
Winston Szeto ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 27, 2020 3:08 PM PT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago
A mobile text messaging service, successfully used in Kenya to support HIV positive patients, may soon be available to British Columbians where it could be adopted for those self isolating at home to prevent transmission of the coronavirus.
Richard Lester, an infectious diseases physician with Vancouver Coastal Health, is leading a pilot project involving Vancouver General Hospital patients to test if the mobile health platform WelTel can reduce readmission rates by monitoring patients newly discharged from hospital..a
WelTel is also the name of a Kenyan non-profit organization that provides digital patient care solutions.
Research conducted by the University of British Columbia and the University of Manitoba in 2010 showed the virtual platform helped AIDS patients adhere to anti-retroviral therapy and suppress viral load below detection levels...
Vancouver Coastal Health tests app that could be used for quarantined COVID-19 patients
Vrtual care system designed for newly discharged patients may work for people self-quarantining for COVID-19
Winston Szeto ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 27, 2020 3:08 PM PT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago
A mobile text messaging service, successfully used in Kenya to support HIV positive patients, may soon be available to British Columbians where it could be adopted for those self isolating at home to prevent transmission of the coronavirus.
Richard Lester, an infectious diseases physician with Vancouver Coastal Health, is leading a pilot project involving Vancouver General Hospital patients to test if the mobile health platform WelTel can reduce readmission rates by monitoring patients newly discharged from hospital..a
WelTel is also the name of a Kenyan non-profit organization that provides digital patient care solutions.
Research conducted by the University of British Columbia and the University of Manitoba in 2010 showed the virtual platform helped AIDS patients adhere to anti-retroviral therapy and suppress viral load below detection levels...