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

Authors

  • Oren Mechanic, MD, MPH Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
  • David Benjamin Gootenberg, PhD MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5416-106X
  • Alon Dagan, MD Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Faculty, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v5.244

Keywords:

COVID-19, Digital Health, Graduate Medical Education, Pulse Oximeter

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References

1. Carenzo L, Costantini E, Greco M, et al. Hospital surge capacity in a tertiary emergency referral centre during the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jul;75(7):928–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15072. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

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Published

2021-02-09

How to Cite

Mechanic, O., Gootenberg, D. B. ., & Dagan, A. (2021). Medical Students to the Rescue: Fighting COVID-19 with an Outpatient Pulse Oximetry Monitoring Protocol. Telehealth and Medicine Today, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v5.244

Issue

Volume 6, Issue 1, 2021

Section

Case Study

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