16 Temporal Associations Between Decreasing Emergency Department and Increasing Emergency Telehealth Volumes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Time-Series Analysis From Two Academic Medical Centers
Abstract:The health care system is composed of a mix of 2 community and 4 academics EDs in a major metropolitan area. Patient demographics, vital signs, laboratory results were extracted from our institutional COVID-19 Data Warehouse. Following the convention of qCSI variables, respiratory rate (breaths/min), pulse oximetry (%), and oxygen flow rate (L/ min) were used to calculate points between 0 to 12, with higher points associated with highly likelihood of respiratory decompensation within 24 hours.Results: 35,696 C… Show more
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