COVID Companion offers guidance about COVID-19 using key recommendations from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control (CDC).

• Designed to be used for anyone–healthy or sick.
• Sends educational tips for preventing or addressing COVID-19.
• Easily connects you to public health resources in your state.
• Available to share with your family, friends, and community.
• No download or login to use.
• No internet or computer required.

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Anyone can text OSF to 67634 or scan this QR code with their camera app:

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Additional Information for Providers

COVID companion is a patient-facing, interactive chatbot that shares local public health resources, educational tips, and recommendations from the CDC regarding COVID-19–regardless of patient infection status.

• Offers CDC recommendations based on patient age and chronic condition status.
• Reminds patients about key symptoms upon provider-directed home-quarantine.
• Self-contained. Will not trigger alerts or notification to patients’ clinical teams. Use CareSignal’s post-discharge program to keep tabs on populations.
• Available for all community members, not just your current patients.
• Free to use, accessible, SMS-based. Message or data rates may apply.
• Not an app. Convenient text messages, no download required.

COVID Companion was created by CareSignal, a scalable remote patient monitoring platform that improves payer and provider performance in value-based care by engaging and identifying rising-risk patients before they worsen. With 10 peer-reviewed publications, CareSignal provides clinically-relevant engagement for 25 conditions, including Diabetes, Heart Failure, COPD, Depression, and more.