Citation:
Bryant PA, Rogers BA, Cowan R, Bowen AC, Pollard J, Hospital-in-the-Home Society A. Planning and clinical role of acute medical home care services for COVID-19: consensus position statement by the Hospital-in-the-Home Society Australasia. Intern Med J. 2020;50(10):1267-71.
Keywords:
COVID-19 pandemic; acute home care; hospital-at-home; hospital-based home care services; hospital-in-the-home; virtual hospital.
Abstract:
During a pandemic when hospitals are stretched and patients need isolation, the role of hospital-in-the-home (HITH) providing acute medical care at home has never been more relevant. We aimed to define and address the challenges to acute home care services posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Planning and clinical role of acute medical home care services for COVID-19: consensus position statement by the Hospital-in-the-Home Society Australasia
During a pandemic when hospitals are stretched and patients need isolation, the role of hospital-in-the-home (HITH) providing acute medical care at home has never been more relevant. We aimed to define and address the challenges to acute home care services posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.