Significance: The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the landscape of healthcare delivery in many countries, with a new shift toward remote patient monitoring (RPM). Aim: The goal of this perspective is to highlight the existing and future role of wearable and RPM optical technologies in an increasingly at-home healthcare and research environment. Approach: First, the specific changes occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic in healthcare delivery, regulations, and technological innovations related to RPM technologies are reviewed. Then, a review of the current state and potential future impact of optical physiological monitoring in portable and wearable formats is outlined. Results: New efforts from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies are advancing and encouraging at-home, portable, and wearable physiological monitors as a growing part of healthcare delivery. It is hoped that these shifts will assist with disease diagnosis, treatment, management, recovery, and rehabilitation with minimal in-person contact. Some of these trends are likely to persist for years to come. Optical technologies already account for a large portion of RPM platforms, with a good potential for future growth. Conclusions: The biomedical optics community has a potentially large role to play in developing, testing, and commercializing new wearable and RPM technologies to meet the changing healthcare and research landscape in the COVID-19 era and beyond.

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透视在COVID-19时代及以后，光学可穿戴设备和远程患者监控的日益重要的作用

启示：COVID-19大流行正在改变许多国家的医疗服务格局，并向远程病人监护（RPM）迈出了新一步。目的：该观点的目的是强调可穿戴和RPM光学技术在日趋家庭护理和研究环境中的现有和未来作用。方法：首先，回顾COVID-19大流行期间在医疗保健交付，法规以及与RPM技术相关的技术创新方面发生的具体变化。然后，概述了以便携式和可穿戴格式进行的光学生理监测的现状和潜在的未来影响。结果：学术界，行业和监管机构的新努力正在推动和鼓励家庭，便携式，以及可穿戴的生理监护仪，这是医疗保健服务日益增长的一部分。希望这些转变将以最少的亲自接触帮助疾病诊断，治疗，管理，康复和康复。其中一些趋势可能会持续数年。光学技术已经占了RPM平台的很大一部分，并具有未来增长的良好潜力。结论：生物医学光学界在开发，测试和商业化新的可穿戴和RPM技术，以适应COVID-19时代及其后不断变化的医疗保健和研究领域方面，可能发挥着巨大的作用。其中一些趋势可能会持续数年。光学技术已经占了RPM平台的很大一部分，并具有未来增长的良好潜力。结论：生物医学光学界在开发，测试和商业化新的可穿戴和RPM技术，以适应COVID-19时代及其后不断变化的医疗保健和研究领域方面，可能发挥着巨大的作用。其中一些趋势可能会持续数年。光学技术已经占了RPM平台的很大一部分，并具有未来增长的良好潜力。结论：生物医学光学界在开发，测试和商业化新的可穿戴和RPM技术，以适应COVID-19时代及其后不断变化的医疗保健和研究领域方面，可能发挥着巨大的作用。