Over the past year, we have been ramping up our ability to provide in-home care to patients with complex medical conditions. Since many of these are wound patients, the organization has been steadily expanding its Home Care nursing staff who specialize in wound care and providing them with enhanced wound management technology.
Our Home Care team has also adopted enhanced remote care monitoring capabilities and a customized approach to complex patient care that includes cross-referrals to our Care Management Organization, Behavioral Health, Social Work and Personal Care teams, and other resources as needed.
Result: VNS Health Home Care is now admitting and successfully treating complex patients who in the past might have remained hospitalized—all with the goal of optimizing their outcomes and avoiding rehospitalization.
Why it matters: With shorter post-surgical hospital stays, an increasing number of procedures being performed in outpatient settings, and an aging U.S. population, the need to manage post-surgical complications and chronic conditions is greater than ever. By ramping up its ability to care for these patients, VNS Health Home Care is enabling them to recover where they most want to be—in their homes—and do so at a much reduced cost compared to treatment in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
