[Telemedicine as a follow-up ambulatory strategy for COVID patients at the Hospital Italiano de San Justo].

Introduction: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have had to adapt to the growing demand for care. Telemedicine is a practical tool for outpatient monitoring of correctly selected patients.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive study of a prospective cohort of patients under telemedicine follow-up at the Hospital Italiano de San Justo was carried out.

Results: 47 days of follow-up were evaluated, a total of 1345 patients. Of these, 46.9% (n = 631) obtained a positive nasopharyngeal swab result with PCR technique and were registered in the telemedicine monitoring system, with 10.14% (n = 64) requiring a new clinical evaluation at the emergency center . Of these patients, 60.1% (n = 39) required hospitalization in a general ward (n = 39).

Conclusion: It is essential to be able to generate other forms of helth care. The telemedicine system is an important tool to develop in situations of overload of the health system.