How Locus can support your response efforts to COVID-19

Objective
To decrease community exposure while safely supporting patients in the home environment using the Locus monitoring platform
Patient Enrollment  
  • For the patient who presents and tests positive for COVID-19 and stable for home quarantine – issued a Locus iPad
  • For the patient who calls in reporting symptoms and is high risk for COVID-19; a Locus iPad can be mailed to monitor in the home
  • Patients who are high risk (>60 years old, cardiovascular disease, COPD, etc.) and report exposure to a + COVID-19 patient – a Locus iPad can be mailed to begin the monitoring process 
Locus capabilities  
  • Workflow management design & support
  • Real-time data submission
  • Interactive clinician dashboards
  • Secure photo and video transmission
  • Educational content, approved apps and video links
  • Provides logistical management of iPads
  • Enables iPads with additional apps; Jabber, Vidyo, Webex, etc.
  • Training and support for enrollment and deployment of devices
  • 24/7 helpdesk support
  • Kitting of equipment with the iPad if needed; thermometer, pulse ox, scale as examples
Framework for monitoring patients  
Data points
  • Temperature
  • Pulse ox
  • Symptom tracking
    • Progression of cough & runny nose
    • Rash
    • Sore throat
    • Gastrointestinal symptoms
Education
  • Call ahead before visiting the hospital or doctor
  • Avoiding contact with other people, animals, and remaining under house isolation
  • Cleaning of hard surfaces
  • Washing of hands
  • Cover your coughs and sneezes