New Corona home health care observer at LINE for health observation at Tokyo, September 2, 12:03
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has begun to utilize the free communication application "LINE" to observe the health of people who are unavoidably treated at home due to the new coronavirus.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, in principle, requires people with mild or asymptomatic infections to receive medical treatment at a hotel prepared by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, but those who are unavoidably treated at home due to family circumstances such as childcare or nursing care. I also have
According to the city, as of the first day, there are 456 people who are receiving medical treatment at home, and the public health center checks their health condition by phone every day.
To reduce the burden on public health centers, the city has introduced a health observation system that uses “LINE” at Tama Tachikawa Public Health Center from day one.
We ask people who are receiving medical treatment at home to answer 15 questions such as body temperature and whether they have a cough twice a day, and the answers are recorded in the database.
For those who do not have an answer or who have a change in physical condition, the public health center will contact them by phone to check the condition.
Tokyo will be introduced at other public health centers in the future.
Tomoyuki Suzuki, Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Health and Welfare Bureau, said, "We had to call people who couldn't answer the phone call from the public health center many times, which was a burden for both parties. We want to use the app to respond flexibly. I was talking."