Virtual wards and hospital at home
Virtual wards aim to provide hospital level healthcare in patients' homes. What are the opportunities and risks for patients, carers and the NHS?
Virtual wards, also known as hospital at home, provide hospital-level care to people in their own homes or community settings. Our work is referenced in the latest POSTnote from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: ths.im/44NEdDI
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Research has found that privatisation of health services reduces quality of care.
@franbaum.bsky.social and colleagues look at how the concept of "enshittification" applies to health services and their decline with privatisation
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25.04.2025 10:45 — 👍 70 🔁 45 💬 2 📌 5
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Had an excellent time at the World Hospital at Home Congress last week, from treating dengue to delirium it was incredible to hear all the ways hospital care can be transferred in to the community #HospitalatHome #WHAHC2025
31.03.2025 08:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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24.02.2025 13:51 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our latest report explores the key differences between frailty virtual wards and the challenges they face in practice. Find out more here: ths.im/3QaAZll
11.02.2025 12:19 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
A clinician checks a patient's cannula in their home
Why is using remote monitoring technology in virtual wards caring for people with frailty so hard? This paper offers some answers.
THIS summary: https://ths.im/4hpXRZy
Full paper: https://ths.im/4hp0oTM
29.01.2025 10:06 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
As we move from hospital to community and analogue to digital, our latest paper highlights several challenges with implementing remote monitoring in to frailty virtual wards (Hospital at Home). Learning from these challenges will be essential to ensure remote monitoring works for all.
21.01.2025 13:51 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Excellent morning of talks at THIS Space 2024- well done everyone and looking forward to more in the afternoon! @thisinstitute.bsky.social #patientsafety #healthcareimprovement
26.11.2024 12:18 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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31.10.2024 12:10 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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