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Royal Melbourne harnesses REDCap for home monitoring during COVID-19

4 June 2020
By Kate McDonald

A team from Royal Melbourne Hospital's emergency department has created a platform for home monitoring patients for COVID-19 symptoms using the REDCap data collection tool, and is offering its adaptation for free to other hospitals.

The platform allows the hospital to send an SMS prompt twice a day to patients at home to submit their heart rate, temperature and oxygen saturation, store and analyse these vital signs and alert staff to patients that should be reviewed because of high or low readings.

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