During the pandemic lock-down periods, telemedicine was an essential and valuable tool for monitoring and controlling symptomatic COVID-19 patients who did not require treatment in a hospital setting. Lazio ADVICE is a regional information web platform developed during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Lazio Region in Italy that allows healthcare professionals to remotely monitor patients in need of health care. Through the platform it was possible to assess the patients daily, monitor vital parameters, visit them at a distance and prescribe treatment or hospitalisation in case of clinical worsening. The platform also offers a corresponding patient smartphone application called “Lazio Doctor COVID,” in which the users can insert and collect personal data and information about their healthcare status and share them with their general practitioners.
The Lazio advice platform was also extended to include the health care monitoring and management of other patients such as chronic patients and the surveillance of vulnerable elderly during heat waves as defined in the Lazio regional heat plan. General practitioners and health care staff working in designated district operation centres (COT) could access the service and carry out surveillance during heat wave warnings issued by national heat health warning system.
Purposes of the solution:
Enhance risk awareness
Enhance preparedness
Improve health and mental outlook
Efficient response
The solution could help to address the following needs of first responders and authorities:
Improve autonomy, coping abilities, and proactiveness of citizens