IGHI has launched a number of national and global COVID-19 programmes to help health systems and governments better respond to the ongoing crisis.
Explore our highlighted projects below.
Our research projects
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IGHI's COVID-19 projects
Home oximetry for monitoring COVID-19
We've been working with NHS Digital and NHS England to evaluate the use of remote monitoring in the care of patients with COVID-19 at home. Our programme has been investigating whether pulse oximetry could help clinicians to identify deterioration in patients with a new diagnosis of COVID-19.
Click here to read our publication in BMJ Open.
Click here to read our publication in Lancet Digital Health.
Use this link to read the study protocol: CO@H protocol
Use this link to read the findings of our evaluation: CO@H evaluation: interpretation of findings (PDF).
Use this link to read findings from our evaluation of pulse oximetry in care homes, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham: Pulse oximetry in care homes during the COVID 19 pandemic (PDF)