Intel https://www.intel.com has committed $50 million to fund a Pandemic Response Technology Initiative (PRTI) to support and accelerate point-of-patient care solutions.
Intel selected Electronic Caregiver® https://www.electroniccaregiver.com, a worldwide health technology and services company, to receive the grant funding for the program called COVID to Home.
The program launched in November 2020 in partnership with regional public health stakeholders, is designed to reduce constraints on hospital capacity while providing care to recovering COVID-19 patients.
The program COVID to Home offers a solution to the surge of COVID cases in Dona Ana County, in New Mexico, the company’s home base. With the region’s hospitals and ICUs at 100 percent capacity and the staff stretched thin, COVID to Home helps to alleviate capacity constraints and ensures that COVID-19 patients receive proper care.
Under the program, patients are safely discharged to their home or to a designated hotel with an Electronic Caregiver Pro Health Smart Health Hub which is a voice driven, easy to use cellular connected console.
Through this Precision Remote Patient Monitoring device, patients receive a daily survey to assess COVID-19 symptoms, including vital signs input from a pulse oximeter, non-contact thermometer, and blood pressure cuff.
Just one month after launching the program, more than 100 patients had received services and support through the program. Also, COVID to Home has increased critical care capacity in the region by 30 percent.