Hospital in the Home
Health professional information
Clinical service overview
HITH operates across the Alfred and Sandringham, providing a seven day a week service. Patients can be referred from The Alfred, Sandringham and Caulfield Hospitals.
HITH aims to reduce the inpatient length of stay through the implementation of acute home-based health care, to improve the utilisation of the acute resources. Patients admitted to the HITH program receive care that would otherwise need to be delivered within the hospital setting. Classified as admitted inpatients, these patients remain under the management of a medical unit until discharged from HITH.
Alfred Health HITH provides a broad range of treatments, including (but not limited to):·
- Intravenous antibiotics
- Acute wound care, such as burns and VAC dressings
- Anticoagulation management
- Exacerbation of cystic fibrosis
- Specialist therapies (Eg. Gancyclovir, home Inotropes & IV Lasix)
- Antibiotics for peritoneal dialysis
- Cancer care
The HITH team consists of highly skilled nurses who coordinate (Clinical Coordinator) and provide (Nurse Clinician) patient care in the community. An Infectious Diseases consultant is allocated to HITH with a supporting registrar.
Refer your patient
No referrals accepted
Unfortunately we do not accept external referrals to this service.
MBS-billed service
On the doctor’s behalf, Alfred Health can bulk bill the cost of the consultation for some services through Medicare. This means there is no out of pocket expense to the patient.
MBS-billed services require a current referral. Provide your patient with a 12 month referral to see the specialist of your choice at the requested clinic.
Referrals must be addressed to a named specialist or the Head of service, listed at the top of this page. Clinic consultants are listed on every clinic page.
Note that from time to time, your patient may be seen by another specialist in the clinic, in order to expedite their treatment.
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