{"id":23145,"date":"2021-02-16T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=23145"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:36","slug":"watch-alternatives-to-a-doctors-office-gain-popularity-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/16\/watch-alternatives-to-a-doctors-office-gain-popularity-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Alternatives to a doctor\u2019s office gain popularity during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is Michigan | Safely Meeting Health Care Needs\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YAyNkY4fD3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people were concerned about their access to health care.\u00a0Michigan Medicine was naturally focused on managing the disease.\u00a0But there was also an incredible amount of effort around <a href=\"https:\/\/record.umich.edu\/articles\/alternatives-to-a-doctors-office-gain-popularity-during-pandemic\/\">maintaining sufficient access to care for the academic medical center\u2019s existing and future patients using telemedicine<\/a>, a platform that had existed for many years. To date, Michigan Medicine has conducted more than 350,000 video and phone visits since the pandemic started.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For patients leaving the hospital who still need care, Michigan Medicine provides them with a home monitoring kit that contains a scale, blood pressure cuff, tablet, pulse oximetry machine, thermometer and blood glucose machine. The readouts are automatically sent to a team that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.&nbsp;\u201cWe give them a kit&#8230;so that we can monitor them closely and track their health,\u201d says <strong>Karen Neeb<\/strong>, a nurse practitioner at Michigan Medicine. \u201cEspecially now, with people staying home to remain safe, we\u2019re able to help them feel connected to their health care teams in ways that simply wouldn\u2019t be possible otherwise.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To date, Michigan Medicine has conducted more than 350,000 video and phone visits since the pandemic started. 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