Table 1.

Activities Supporting Health Equity Goals of the Stanford CROWN Clinic in Caring for Outpatients With COVID-19.

Health equity goals	CROWN clinic activities
Improve clinical outcomes for all patients with COVID-19	• Provide comprehensive, compassionate, timely medical care for all COVID-19 patients through both virtual and in-person visits throughout their acute illness
	• Detect episodes of “silent hypoxia” by offering home pulse oximetry to moderate- and high-risk patients and advise higher acuity care when appropriate
	• Adapt rapidly to the best available evidence by following and continually updating centralized protocols
	• Provide culturally appropriate care
Facilitate creation of generalizable knowledge regarding COVID-19	• Provide a safe site for clinical trial enrollment
	• Support patients through completion of COVID-19 clinical trials
Improve clinical, staff, and non-COVID-19 patient safety	• Prevent clinic-related disease transmission
	• Allow physicians and staff to volunteer (rather than mandate) to care for patients with COVID-19
	• Shepherd PPE supplies towards highest need areas when resources are limited
Reduce health-related inequities	• Improve access to care for all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 within our health system
	• Culturally appropriate follow-up in the patient’s preferred language, regardless of location or insurance status
Reduce inappropriate care utilization	• Reduce costs associated with inappropriate utilization of health services, such as emergency department and in-person visits for nonacute COVID-19-related care

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; CROWN, Care and Respiratory Observation of Patients With Novel Coronavirus; PPE, personal protective equipment.