Alfred Health Hospital In The Home (HITH)

The Alfred Health HITH program is a hospital in the home program, which aims to provide individualised and holistic care to patients who require home based acute nursing care.

Working across two sites of the organisation, The Alfred and Sandringham Hospital, Alfred Health HITH allows patients to receive ongoing treatment in the familiar surroundings of their own home.

Each patient is individually assessed to determine his or her needs and a plan of care is coordinated in consultation with a multidisciplinary team.

Alfred Health HITH aims to:

• Provide continuous patient care from the hospital to the home.
• Minimise the disruption to the patient's regular routine during their treatment and empower the patient and their family.
• Minimise family separation and associated hospital.
• Coordinate your care from hospital to home and monitor your progress
• There is no cost to receive this hospital treatment at home

Alfred Health HITH currently supports the following diagnoses and treatments at home:

• Intravenous antibiotics
• Acute wound care
• Drain care and management
• Warfarinisation
• Sternal wound infections
• Cellulitis
• CMV infections
• Home Inotropes for Heart Failure patients
• Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
• Congestive Cardiac Failure
• Burns Early Discharge Program
• Stomal Therapy early Discharge Program
• Exacerbation of Cystic Fibrosis
• Exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis
• Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
• Haematology/Oncology