Duke Raleigh Hospital, in partnership with Duke Institute for Health Innovation and Duke HomeCare & Hospice, is excited to announce the safe discharge of the first Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program patient. Hospital at Home is a transformative care delivery model that allows patients to be treated as inpatients in the comfort of their own home.
The enrolled patient consented and received three nights of inpatient-level care ~8 miles north of DRAH, in the safety of their home. This care was supported by Medicare and the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, announced on Nov 25, 2020. Duke Home Infusion nurses visited the patient at least twice a day and a Duke Raleigh Hospital provided daily in-person visits. Dr. Vidhya Aroumougame, Dr. Marie Witte, Cynthia Macalino, and Justin Dixon were the first in-home care providers for this patient and must be applauded for their dedication and care – they went above and beyond. Follow-up is scheduled with Duke Primary Care within seven days.
Learn more about the first Duke Hospital-at-Home patient from this Duke Raleigh Hospital blog and this CBS17.com digital story !
This program was started through a DIHI-funded project requiring multiple partnerships across Duke Health. DIHI is grateful to all for their engagement and resilience. Special thanks are due to the core project team who started working in Feb 2020: Dr. Michael Spiritos, Dr. Vidhya Aroumougame, Akash Patel, Suresh Balu, Stuart Smith, Cooper Linton, Dr. Dev Sangvai, Fabian Stone, Dr. Anisha Chandiramani, Chris Fiander, and Pam Porter. Please congratulate the DRAH Hospital at Home clinical team including Dr. Marie Witte, Meg Garland, Yvette Jackson, Kate Williams, Cynthia Macalino, Justin Dixon, Bonnie Bass, Janice Bean, Rhonda Catlin, Shanna Stephenson, Amy Binns, Cheryl Wall, Dr. Maryanne Patti, Dr. Vanitha Gopal, Dr. Zubair Rehman, Dr. Eliseu Chuang, Francess Macauley, Melissa Leads, and Eric Akhiwu.
Thank you to all who helped lead and supported this effort!
2021 RFA project: Development and Implementation of a Hospital at Home Program in Wake County
Previous announcements: https://dihi.org/tag/hospital-at-home/
