A Sydney medical practice has been using apps to monitor their patients with mild cases of COVID-19. Is this the future of medicine?
A video consultation with one of the doctors at the practice is then scheduled."But the nurses would continue to monitor the questionnaires and escalate to doctors should there be any deterioration."
Crucially, the app allows the practice to pinpoint cases where people report worsening symptoms in the second week of their COVID-19 infection,"Through a remote monitoring tool we were able to identify that very early on," Dr Lim says. "It does mean that you are working harder as a patient because you are doing more to control and manage your health condition," Professor Lupton says.It can turn your home into a medicalised space as well, she says, because it can feel like you're never really free of having to think about your chronic health condition.
Based on his experiences, Dr Lim suspects patients self-select and don't engage with self-tracking if they are worried about their results."Because patients see it more as a personal challenge, their results tend to improve when using apps in this way," he says.
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