Vitalis Virtual Hospital Care combines remote monitoring technology with clinical expertise to deliver active remote patient management. Where indicated, Vitalis Virtual integrates with Vitalis services such as Hospital in the Home (HITH) and Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH) to enable patients to safely receive hospital-level services in the comfort of their own home.
Through reductions in hospital presentations and reduced length of stay, Vitalis Virtual provides true value-based care for public and private hospitals and the health systems within which they operate, while delivering exceptional outcomes and experiences for patients.
Vitalis Virtual’s integrated service is designed:
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Vitalis Virtual patient monitoring and management enables hospitals and health systems to increase capacity without the need to expand their bricks and mortar facilities.
Healthcare funders also benefit from active management of their at-risk patient cohorts to minimise avoidable readmissions.
Please contact us to find out how Vitalis Virtual can help you manage your patient cohorts.
Vitalis Virtual Care
Virtual Care and Virtual Wards were fully established with the emergence of COVID-19, an infectious virus that has impacted a significant portion of the population. Much of the intent behind dealing with health issues virtually has been to protect the wider community while allowing those incapable of attending a hospital or clinic to still have access to healthcare.
Vitalis has taken it a few steps further and is offering the health system a sustainable way to care for those who wish to recover at home, even when they have a chronic disease or are in recovery after a major surgery.
Virtual hospitals can support patients in their recovery or in managing chronic diseases, providing acute care and remote patient monitoring. Healthcare professionals, with a little help from technology, can monitor a patient’s health status, vital signs and symptoms to offer treatment solutions all while the patient stays home.
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Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote patient monitoring is a method of gathering patient data from patients living or recovering in their home environment. Apps or devices are used to collect the data and, once collected, is sent to healthcare professionals via a virtual care system.
This is a great way of freeing up a hospital bed for a patient who doesn’t have the option of being at home. It has been proven to positively impact health outcomes in many patients, providing tangible cost savings in terms of reduced expenses related to transportation, parking, and the time lost while travelling to and from medical appointments.
Remote patient monitoring is a cost-effective option for patients who, with clinical supervision, are safe to return home, such as patients with:
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Benefits of Virtual Care
There are many notable benefits to virtual care in a patient’s home.
1. Convenience
Having access to a virtual hospital, healthcare providers, nurses or your doctor while staying at home can mean a lot for a person with mobility challenges or for older adults who may be experiencing financial hardship. For people living with chronic conditions or recovering from a traumatic event, it can mean that they don’t have to live in a hospital bed but, instead, can receive care while in their own home.
2. Accessibility
Patients who live in rural areas or areas that lack medical care can access telehealth services improving patient experience and taking pressure off overwhelmed healthcare providers. It can also offer those patients the option of care in the home with access to doctors and practitioners through remote patient monitoring. With Vitalis, this can include acute care for complex conditions.
3. Efficiency
Telehealth can improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery by streamlining processes, possibly leading to quicker diagnosis and treatment. Patients with chronic conditions will benefit even further from speedy diagnosis as their physician will be better equipped to make decisions about their care management.
4. Cost Savings
Patients may find virtual hospital care to be the most cost-effective. Transportation, parking and other costs associated with a long-term hospital stay are generally non-existent. The high level of care received from the associated medical professionals remains the same but the monitoring usually received while in person at the hospital can be done from home.
5. Access to Specialists
When remote patient monitoring is working at its optimal level, a virtual hospital is at its best. With the right specialists available to oversee patient outcomes with all of the data at their fingertips.
6. Continuity of Care
With the technology and devices available today Vitalis Virtual Hospital Care offers the same high level of care to patients that they would receive if they were to stay in hospital. Virtual Care allows for the ongoing monitoring of chronic conditions, surgery recovery and a range of other conditions that patients experience.
Vitalis Virtual Hospital Care has been designed with a patient’s health outcomes as a top priority. Under the care of medical professionals, a lengthy hospital stay can be avoided, and any complications can be treated quickly and effectively.
Contact us today to find out how Vitalis Virtual Hospital Care can help you.