Posted on: December 18, 2023
The Hospital at Home program is celebrating their 2,000th admission. This milestone comes to us after establishing this unique program, which is the first of it's kind at Island Health and across Canada, 3 years ago this fall. Our patients have experienced the option to receive acute level care in their homes.
Hospital at Home is a voluntary program that offers an alternative to on-site inpatient care. With our program, you can look forward to:
- A patient-centred approach
- Closer family/caregiver involvement
- More privacy to get the rest you need
- Lower rates of hospital-acquired complications, such as delirium, infection, or deconditioning
- Fewer readmissions to hospital
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Our program offers in-home intravenous therapy, oxygen therapy, lab collection, medication management and more. Patients remain registered inpatients of the hospital and have access to on-site diagnostics, treatments, and procedures.
To learn more visit the Hospital at Home (islandhealth.ca) intranet page.