{"id":8701,"date":"2020-08-03T10:53:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T17:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2021-04-06T10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T17:53:52","slug":"characteristics-and-outcomes-of-contacts-of-covid-19-patients-monitored-using-an-automated-symptom-monitoring-tool-maine-may-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/03\/characteristics-and-outcomes-of-contacts-of-covid-19-patients-monitored-using-an-automated-symptom-monitoring-tool-maine-may-june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Characteristics and Outcomes of Contacts of COVID-19 Patients Monitored Using an Automated Symptom Monitoring Tool \u2014 Maine, May \u2013 June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During May 14<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2020\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 June 26<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Maine CDC enrolled 1,622 contacts of 614 COVID-19 patients<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0through an automated symptom monitoring as a part of the state\u2019s contact tracing program<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Resources constraints prompted Maine CDC to implement an automated system for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">monitoring contacts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Enrolled contacts automatically received daily symptom questionnaires via their choice of e-mailed weblink, text message, texted weblink, or telephone call until completion of their quarantine<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One-hundred\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ninety<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(11.7%)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of the contacts monitored in the program\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">developed COVID-19, highlighting the importance of identifying, quarantining, and monitoring contacts of COVID-19 patients to limit spread.<\/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\">Krueger et al. (Aug 3, 2020). Characteristics and Outcomes of Contacts of COVID-19 Patients Monitored Using an Automated Symptom Monitoring Tool \u2014 Maine, May \u2013 June 2020. MMWR.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15585\/mmwr.mm6931e2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15585\/mmwr.mm6931e2<\/span><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During May 14, 2020\u00a0\u2013 June 26, 2020, Maine CDC enrolled 1,622 contacts of 614 COVID-19 patients\u00a0through an automated symptom monitoring as a part of the state\u2019s contact tracing program.\u00a0Resources constraints prompted Maine CDC to implement an automated system for\u00a0monitoring contacts.\u00a0Enrolled contacts automatically received daily symptom questionnaires via their choice of e-mailed weblink, text message, texted&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/03\/characteristics-and-outcomes-of-contacts-of-covid-19-patients-monitored-using-an-automated-symptom-monitoring-tool-maine-may-june-2020\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[16],"class_list":["post-8701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-public-health-policy-and-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8702,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701\/revisions\/8702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8701"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=8701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}