{"id":6828,"date":"2020-05-13T17:10:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T00:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=6828"},"modified":"2021-03-17T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:11:14","slug":"on-the-front-phone-lines-results-of-a-covid-19-hotline-in-northeast-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/05\/13\/on-the-front-phone-lines-results-of-a-covid-19-hotline-in-northeast-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Front (Phone) Lines Results of a COVID-19 Hotline in Northeast Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Margolius et al. examine the effectiveness of a physician telehealth visit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0during the first five weeks of a 24\/7 physician-staffed COVID-19 hotline<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in Northeast Ohio. Of 4,213\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">calls<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0referred for a physician telehealth visit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ost (79%) were advised to self-isolate at home, 14% were determined to be unlikely to have COVID-19, and 3% were advised to seek emergency care. A total of 287 (7%) patients had a subsequent ED visit, and 44 (1%) were hospitalized with a COVID-19 diagnosis.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Robust, physician-directed telehealth services can meet a wide range of needs during the acute phase of a pandemic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0conserving scarce resources and preventing the spread of infections to patients and health care workers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Margolius et al. (May 13, 2020). On the Front (Phone) Lines Results of a COVID-19 Hotline in Northeast Ohio. Pre-print\u00a0downloaded May 13 from\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.05.08.20095745\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.05.08.20095745<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margolius et al. examine the effectiveness of a physician telehealth visits\u00a0during the first five weeks of a 24\/7 physician-staffed COVID-19 hotline\u00a0in Northeast Ohio. Of 4,213\u00a0calls\u00a0referred for a physician telehealth visit,\u00a0most (79%) were advised to self-isolate at home, 14% were determined to be unlikely to have COVID-19, and 3% were advised to seek emergency care. 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