Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory Support
Caring for a patient on a home ventilator requires a trained multidisciplinary home care team. Availability of home medical care support at our restructured hospitals allows timely discharge of these patients to their homes, resulting in decreased hospitalisation stay in an acute hospital; or the ne...
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| author | Lian Leng Low MMed (Fam Med), MCFP Adrian Kok Heng Tan MMed (Fam Med), FCFP(S) Farhad Fakhrudin Vasanwala MRCP(UK), FCFP(S) |
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| description | Caring for a patient on a home ventilator requires a trained multidisciplinary home care team. Availability of home medical care support at our restructured hospitals allows timely discharge of these patients to their homes, resulting in decreased hospitalisation stay in an acute hospital; or the need of an intermediate care facility. We described a case where collaboration between two family physician-led transitional home care teams from two restructured hospitals resulted in safe transfer of care for a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis requiring ventilator support. The importance of a multidisciplinary team effort in integration of medical and social care services to reduce unnecessary hospital utilisation was highlighted. The expertise and resources of home medical care teams must continually be enhanced to manage increasing number of patients with complex medical problems, including those requiring home ventilators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2d796ddf5d54da28bf19fc278fdc35e2022-12-22T00:06:41ZengSAGE PublishingProceedings of Singapore Healthcare2010-10582059-23292014-06-012310.1177/201010581402300213Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory SupportLian Leng Low MMed (Fam Med), MCFP0Adrian Kok Heng Tan MMed (Fam Med), FCFP(S)1Farhad Fakhrudin Vasanwala MRCP(UK), FCFP(S)2 Department of Family Medicine and Continuing Care, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Department of Continuing and Community Care, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore Department of Family Medicine and Continuing Care, Singapore General Hospital, SingaporeCaring for a patient on a home ventilator requires a trained multidisciplinary home care team. Availability of home medical care support at our restructured hospitals allows timely discharge of these patients to their homes, resulting in decreased hospitalisation stay in an acute hospital; or the need of an intermediate care facility. We described a case where collaboration between two family physician-led transitional home care teams from two restructured hospitals resulted in safe transfer of care for a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis requiring ventilator support. The importance of a multidisciplinary team effort in integration of medical and social care services to reduce unnecessary hospital utilisation was highlighted. The expertise and resources of home medical care teams must continually be enhanced to manage increasing number of patients with complex medical problems, including those requiring home ventilators.https://doi.org/10.1177/201010581402300213 |
| spellingShingle | Lian Leng Low MMed (Fam Med), MCFP Adrian Kok Heng Tan MMed (Fam Med), FCFP(S) Farhad Fakhrudin Vasanwala MRCP(UK), FCFP(S) Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory Support Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare |
| title | Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory Support |
| title_full | Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory Support |
| title_fullStr | Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory Support |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory Support |
| title_short | Collaboration between Two Restructured Hospitals' Family Physician-Led Transitional Home Care Teams in the Provision of Home Ventilation Respiratory Support |
| title_sort | collaboration between two restructured hospitals family physician led transitional home care teams in the provision of home ventilation respiratory support |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/201010581402300213 |
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