The Virtual Hospital is a temporary treatment facility, or individual patient home where modern technology delivers healthcare under the supervision of a traditional hospital medical team. Through technology, patients are monitored remotely and supported by a combination of in-person and virtual house-calls together with a supply chain of services. Often these centralized command centers are located in traditional hospitals. This allows for management of larger patient populations in remote satellite locations. And while some virtual hospitals serve as extensions of traditional hospitals, others offer limited services including teleconsultations, drop off/pick up testing kits, and delivery of medicines. A virtual hospital model in the United States has chosen a more patient-centric approach. In this model, temporary hospitals that provide hospital-level care for high acuity patients are delivered, installed, and managed within each patient's home. This is the patient-centric virtual hospital model. History of Virtual Hospitals Virtual hospitals most likely evolved from the evolution of communication and data technology together with remote triage centers during disasters and times of war. The more recent history of the virtual hospital, or hospital-at-home, in the United States is largely credited to Dr. Bruce Allen Leff of Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. Dr. Leff introduced the concept of the hospital being delivered to the patient's home where the patient can be the center of their own care . This novel approach to health care is known as patient-centric telehealth. Today in the United States there are virtual hospitals in place at Johns Hopkins Medical , Intermountain Health, Mercy Hospital, Mount Sinai, and the Medically Home Group. In Boston, the Medically Home Group, Inc. has partnered with Atrius Health and VNA Care to deliver the world's first virtual hospital company. Operating statewide in Massachusetts and with additional locations on the West Coast, in the South, and in the Upper Midwest of the United States expected by 2021, Medically Home's virtual hospital model is focused on delivering patient-centric care for high acuity patients suffering from several conditions. How a Virtual Hospital Works Virtual Hospitals work by utilizing technology, personalized care, and an established supply chain to deliver high acuity patients, hospital-level care, in a remote setting. In the Medically Home virtual hospital model, the entire medical team is connected to the patient's home and a combination of remote patient monitoring, personalized care, and telemedicine provide for increased levels of comfort, improved healing times, lower risks to the patient, and lower expenses system-wide including to the patient, the hospital, and the payer. The three pieces of Medically Home's virtual hospital model are technology driven:%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% 1. They transform the patient's home into a temporary hospital. 2. They connect the patient's virtual hospital bed with a clinical command center which coordinates the patient's care 24-7-365 from a team of doctors, nurse's, and nurse practitioners.%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% 3. They implement a supply chain that includes a network of partners that use the technology to connect with the clinical command center and then deliver care, (physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc. ), to the patient's home. Benefits of the Virtual Hospital A virtual hospital model where all of the technology, services, and care are delivered to the patients home benefits all parties involved. For the patient they're in the comfort of their own home among familiar people and surroundings. That comfort translates into less anxiety, less delirium, fewer risk of falls and infections, and ultimately faster recovery times. Additionally, without the overhead of the brick and mortar hospital and with a faster recovery time comes lower expenses. The benefits to the clinicians are reestablishing the doctor/nurse-patient relationship, increasing frequency of contact, and improving access to care. Hospitals benefit from virtual hospital partners because each established bed in the home becomes a new "virtual hospital bed" allowing for swift growth of the hospital population without the capital expenditure of new construction.%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Virtual Hospital Patient Experience The patient experience with a patient-centric virtual hospital model begins with admission by their existing primary care physician. This often occurs upon discharge from a traditional hospital for a high acuity patient. Once approved, all of the technology is delivered to and set up in the patient's home as a temporary hospital. A robust network and backup system provides continuous patient monitoring while a supply chain of clinicians, services and medications is coordinated through a clinical command center off site. Virtual Hospital Beds Much of the cost of health care is connected to "brick and mortar" hospital costs. Those costs include the buildings and the beds within those buildings as well as all the services connected to those capital expenditures plus insurance. By moving care to the patients' homes, hospitals can geometrically increase the total number of beds within their care without physically building anything. Beds in patient's homes who are under the care of a associated hospital are 'virtual hospital beds. ' Virtual Hospital Influencers The Virtual Hospital, also referred to as the "Hospital at Home" or "HaH", has an international body known as the World Hospital at Home Congress%DIFDELCMD < ]] %%% founded in 2019. The annual conference1. was launched in Madrid, Spain in April 2019 and featured Dr. Bruce Leff along with doctors, directors, and CEOs from virtual hospital thought leaders from around the globe including Israel, Spain as well as representatives from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Mount Sinai, and the Medically Home Group, Inc.  in the United States . 5G connectivity and the growth of telemedicine and telehealth tools all contribute to the improvement of the virtual hospital. 1. Word Hospital at Home Congress External links Medically Home Group, Inc. World Hospitalat Home Congress Category: Telehealth Category:Telemedicin
 Virtual Hospital is an international non-government organization that operates as part of Virtual Healthcare Limited. Virtual Hospital uses telemedicine to deliver medical care to the developing world. Virtual Hospital works directly with doctors and patients and seeks to ensure that the benefits of modern medicine are available to all people and that the poor are not deprived of medical treatment for want of money, or a lack of access to effective healthcare. %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% How Virtual Hospital Works Virtual Hospital interconnects villages in the developing world with their main county hospitals and hospitals in the West using Telemedicine. Virtual Hospital %DIFDELCMD < ]] %%% is based on a traditional healthcare referral system where the patients’ medical information is collected by e-clinics in rural third world communities using a computer, or mobile phone and sent to a general medical practitioner (GP) based at the Virtual Hospital (Hub). The GP at the Hub then either provides a diagnosis, or refers the patient to the relevant Virtual Hospital Department where specialist consultants across the world are linked together through the Internet. Influence on Virtual Hospital The work of Virtual Hospital is influenced to a great extent by reports published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Telemedicine developments, American Telemedicine Association and the work of Zaidi et all 2004 and Denis Gilhooly Principal Adviser in the United Nations . According to WHO’s report on 'Telemedicine - Opportunities and Developments in Member States' : 'Information and communication technologies have great potential to address some of the challenges met both developed and developing countries in providing accessible, cost effective high quality health care services. Telemedicine uses ICTs to overcome geographical barriers and increase access to healthcare services. This is particularly beneficial for rural and underserved communities in developing countries - groups that traditionally suffer form lack of access to healthcare.' External links Virtual Hospital, UK Category: World Health Organizatio
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a temporary treatment facility, or individual patient home where modern technology delivers healthcare under the supervision of a traditional hospital medical team. Through technology, patients are monitored remotely and supported by a combination of in-person and virtual house-calls together with a supply chain of services. Often these centralized command centers are located in traditional hospitals. This allows for management of larger patient populations in remote satellite locations. And while some virtual hospitals serve as extensions of traditional hospitals, others offer limited services including teleconsultations, drop off/pick up testing kits, and delivery of medicines. A virtual hospital model in the United States has chosen a more patient-centric approach. In this model, temporary hospitals that provide hospital-level care for high acuity patients are delivered, installed, and managed within each patient's home. This is the patient-centric virtual hospital model.
an international non-government organization that operates as part of Virtual Healthcare Limited. Virtual Hospital uses telemedicine to deliver medical care to the developing world. Virtual Hospital works directly with doctors and patients and seeks to ensure that the benefits of modern medicine are available to all people and that the poor are not deprived of medical treatment for want of money, or a lack of access to effective healthcare.
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History of Virtual Hospitals Virtual hospitals most likely evolved from the evolution of communication and data technology together with remote triage centers during disasters and times of war. The more recent history of the virtual hospital, or hospital-at-home, in the United States is largely credited to Dr. Bruce Allen Leff of Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. Dr. Leff introduced the concept of the hospital being delivered to the patient's home where the patient can be the center of their own care . This novel approach to health care is known as patient-centric telehealth. Today in the United States there are virtual hospitals in place at Johns Hopkins Medical , Intermountain Health, Mercy Hospital, Mount Sinai, and the Medically Home Group. In Boston, the Medically Home Group, Inc. has partnered with Atrius Health and VNA Care to deliver the world's first virtual hospital company. Operating statewide in Massachusetts and with additional locations on the West Coast, in the South, and in the Upper Midwest of the United States expected by 2021, Medically Home's virtual hospital model is focused on delivering patient-centric care for high acuity patients suffering from several conditions.
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How a Virtual Hospital Works Virtual Hospitals work by utilizing technology, personalized care, and an established supply chain to deliver high acuity patients, hospital-level care, in a remote setting. In the Medically Home virtual hospital model, the entire medical team is connected to the patient's home and a combination of remote patient monitoring, personalized care, and telemedicine provide for increased levels of comfort, improved healing times, lower risks to the patient, and lower expenses system-wide including to the patient, the hospital, and the payer. The three pieces of Medically Home's virtual hospital model are technology driven:
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2. They connect the patient's virtual hospital bed with a clinical command center which coordinates the patient's care 24-7-365 from a team of doctors, nurse's, and nurse practitioners.
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3. They implement a supply chain that includes a network of partners that use the technology to connect with the clinical command center and then deliver care, (physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc. ), to the patient's home.
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Benefits of the Virtual Hospital A virtual hospital model where all of the technology, services, and care are delivered to the patients home benefits all parties involved. For the patient they're in the comfort of their own home among familiar people and surroundings. That comfort translates into less anxiety, less delirium, fewer risk of falls and infections, and ultimately faster recovery times. Additionally, without the overhead of the brick and mortar hospital and with a faster recovery time comes lower expenses. The benefits to the clinicians are reestablishing the doctor/nurse-patient relationship, increasing frequency of contact, and improving access to care. Hospitals benefit from virtual hospital partners because each established bed in the home becomes a new "virtual hospital bed" allowing for swift growth of the hospital population without the capital expenditure of new construction.
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Virtual Hospital Patient Experience The patient experience with a patient-centric virtual hospital model begins with admission by their existing primary care physician. This often occurs upon discharge from a traditional hospital for a high acuity patient. Once approved, all of the technology is delivered to and set up in the patient's home as a temporary hospital. A robust network and backup system provides continuous patient monitoring while a supply chain of clinicians, services and medications is coordinated through a clinical command center off site.
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Virtual Hospital Beds Much of the cost of health care is connected to "brick and mortar" hospital costs. Those costs include the buildings and the beds within those buildings as well as all the services connected to those capital expenditures plus insurance. By moving care to the patients' homes, hospitals can geometrically increase the total number of beds within their care without physically building anything. Beds in patient's homes who are under the care of a associated hospital are 'virtual hospital beds. '
How Virtual Hospital Works Virtual Hospital interconnects villages in the developing world with their main county hospitals and hospitals in the West using Telemedicine.
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founded in 2019. The annual conference1. was launched in Madrid, Spain in April 2019 and featured Dr. Bruce Leff along with doctors, directors, and CEOs from virtual hospital thought leaders from around the globe including Israel, Spain as well as representatives from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Mount Sinai, and the Medically Home Group, Inc.
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5G connectivity and the growth of telemedicine and telehealth tools all contribute to the improvement of the virtual hospital.
According to WHO’s report on 'Telemedicine - Opportunities and Developments in Member States' : 'Information and communication technologies have great potential to address some of the challenges met both developed and developing countries in providing accessible, cost effective high quality health care services. Telemedicine uses ICTs to overcome geographical barriers and increase access to healthcare services. This is particularly beneficial for rural and underserved communities in developing countries - groups that traditionally suffer form lack of access to healthcare.'
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