THE BOSTON HOSPITAL-IN-HOME PROGRAM—A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
Shivani Jindal, Brittany Pietruszka, Rachel Meears, James Parris · 2023
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Shivani Jindal and co-authors present a 2023 account of the Boston veterans' hospital at home programme, which treats patients at home instead of in a ward bed. Planned in 2018, it grew from dozens of patients in its first year to well over a hundred a year. A small mixed team runs it: doctors, nurses, a social worker, and a pharmacist.
Heart failure made up half the caseload in one year, with lung disease next. Visits mix home nursing checks with clinician video and phone rounds. Gains claimed include freed hospital bed days and leaner drug lists through careful deprescribing. The piece is a local report, meant for peers weighing the same model.
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| CREATOR | Shivani Jindal, Brittany Pietruszka, Rachel Meears, James Parris |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |