Hospital at Home With Lee Health

THAT’S YOUR FORECAST. GULF COAST WEATHER. THE SECOND IN THE HOSPITAL IS NEVER FUN. >> BUT WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE THAT? WHAT IF YOU COULD RECOVER FROM YOUR SICKNESS OR ILLNESS AND THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME? WHAT THE EXPERTS TO LET YOUR SIDE. OUR FRIENDS LEE HEALTH ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM AND LET US KNOW HOW WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE. SHOULD WE EVER NEED THIS? WE HAVE CHRISTIE DONE WITH US WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF THIS INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. IT’S CALLED HOSPITAL AND HOME. CHRISTINE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS IS REALLY, REALLY COOL. I LOVE THIS IDEA. AND I THINK ALL OF OUR VIEWERS OUT THERE WILL AS WELL, WHAT EXACTLY IS HOSPITAL AT HOME. SO HOSPITAL HOME IS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM WHERE YOU ARE AN INPATIENT AND IT’S NOT HOME HEALTH. OKAY. IT ISN’T AN OUT PATIENT. YOU’RE DEFINITELY AN INPATIENT. IF YOU QUALIFY, WE CAN SEND YOU HOME AND YOU’RE STILL ADMITTED. SO. >> THE PHYSICIAN WILL DO A COMPLETE EXAM ON YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. AND THEN EVERY DAY THE PHYSICIAN WILL SEE YOU VIRTUALLY AND THE NURSES WILL GO OUT TO YOUR HOUSE TWICE A DAY OR MORE IF YOU NEEDED, DEPENDING ON IF YOU’RE ON CERTAIN MEDICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE GIVEN MORE TIMES THAN TWICE A DAY, IF WE USE TECHNOLOGY SO THEY WEAR A WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY PIECE AND WE’RE ABLE TO MONITOR THEIR HEART RATE IN THE RESPIRATORY RATE. 24 HOURS A AND WE DO THAT. WE HAVE A NURSE THAT THAT’S WHAT SHE DOES. SHE WATCHES ALL OF THAT WE TAKE MEDICINES WE SEND FOOD HOME WITH YOU. LOVE YOU ALL. YOU HAVE TO JUST MICROWAVE WE SEND YOUR MEDICATIONS. WE DO ANY TREATMENTS THAT YOU NEED. WE’RE ABLE TO DO A LOT. AND IT’S ALL THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. THE PATIENT GETS AN IPAD. YOU NEED THE NURSE. YOU PRESS THE RED BUTTON, YOUR OWN FACE TO FACE. IT’S REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM WHERE SOULS AND ABLE TO OFFER IT SAME SHIRT HOME, WONDERING WHAT IF WHAT, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY? HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE BECAUSE THERE’S CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS YOU HAVE TO MEET TO DO THIS. YOU CAN’T BE SUPERCENTER. I LIKE NOT REALLY. BUT PATIENTS WITH PNEUMONIA OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, WE HAVE THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST PATIENTS. WE HAVE PNEUMONIA, CHRONIC, LUNG DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE. PATIENTS ARE AND AS YOU KNOW, THOSE PATIENTS REQUIRE CARE AND THEY GET SICK AND THEY GO IN THE HOSPITAL. THEY GET TO GO HOME. SO WE’RE TRYING ALLOW THEM TO STAY HOME AND STILL GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. IF THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY, THEY CAN PRESS THE BUTTON WILL CALL 9-1-1, OR THEY CAN CALL 9-1-1. AND WE PARTNER WITH EMS. THEY CAN COME BACK IN THE HOSPITAL. THEY DON’T HAVE TO STOP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WILL GIVE CAUSE. THEY ARE READY AND IMPATIENT SOLUTION GIVETHE BED UPSTAIRS AND WE’LL GO UP THERE AND SEE THEM THERE AND AND GO FROM THERE. THIS IS REALLY A REMARKABLE PROGRAM. I’M SURE SOME OUT THERE I WAS ASKING YOU TO IF YOU’RE NOT TECH OR MAYBE YOU DON’T HAVE A LOT OF HELP AT HOME. IS THIS STILL A PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE? IT IS. WE’VE HAD A FEW PATIENTS AT FIRST WERE REALLY AFRAID OF THE TECHNOLOGY. BUT WE HOOK YOU UP BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOSPITAL AND WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING’S WORKING. AND THEN WE HAVE A NURSE WHO WILL GO TO YOUR HOUSE WITHIN 2 HOURS OF YOU ARRIVING AT HOME AND THEN HE OR SHE WILL SET UP EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO USE IT COMFORTABLY. MOST PATIENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE AFRAID AT FIRST, THEY ALL SAY, GOSH, THIS WAS SO EASY. I DON’T KNOW WHY GREAT. IT’S ACTUALLY REALLY RELIEF TECH. SUPER FRIENDLY. >> THIS IS A IT’S A GREAT IDEA. YOU WERE AND ARE DIRECTOR FOR A LOT OF YEARS. YOU JUST WERE TELLING ME IN THE BREAK THAT YOU’RE TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE LAYING IN THE HALLWAY AND WHATNOT. THIS FREE-UP SOME VENTS FOR THOSE WHO CRITICALLY ILL, I WOULD THINK AND THAT’S THE REASON THAT STARTED. IT STARTED AT JOHNS HOPKINS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC HAS THEY HAD PATIENTS EVERYWHERE AND THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO PUT PEOPLE IN. SO THEY STARTED TREATING PEOPLE IN THE HOME AND NOW IT’S SPREADING ACROSS THE NATION. REALLY? IT’S THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE. THIS IS WHAT WILL BE. I’M ALREADY ALL BUT ONE FOR OLDER PEOPLE. THIS THE YOUNGER PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO SEE WHEN THEY’RE OLD. I MEAN, IT’S IT’S TRULY REMARKABLE IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN THIS, HOW DO THEY GO ABOUT BEING ENROLLED OR OR BECOMING A PATIENT? WELL, THEY WOULD ALREADY HAVE TO HAVE BE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM ALREADY BE ADMITTED RIGHT NOW. THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T ALLOW US TO DO FROM YOUR HOME. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE AND GO STRAIGHT IN, THAT’S NOT ACCEPTED YET. BUT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL BE RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE TO BE A AN IMPATIENT JOURNEY. OUR PATIENTS WE HAVE NAVIGATORS TO LOOK THROUGH YOUR CHART AND TALK TO YOU AND SEE IF YOU QUALIFY. WE GO IN YOUR HOME. ONCE YOU GO HOME THE FIELD OR SCHOOLS THAT MAKE SURE YOUR HOME IS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU DON’T HAVE ANY AIR CONDITIONING OR IT’S GOING WE’LL SEND YOU BACK BUT WE DO LOOK THROUGH YOUR CHART IN THE POSITION. LOOKS AT YOU DOES A COMPLETE EXAMINATION SAYS YES, WE CAN DO THIS. IF YOU HAVE THE PROPER HOME SUPPORT, YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE LIVING WITH YOU AS LONG AS YOU’RE ABLE TO GET UP AND GO TO THE BATHROOM AND DO THINGS BY YOURSELF. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HAVE CAREGIVERS WHO STAY WITH HIM. ONE FEEDBACK I GET A LOT FROM CAREGIVERS WHO DO THE HOSPITAL HOME PROGRAM IS MY MOTHER GETS CONFUSED WHEN SHE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THE CHANGE OF SCENERY AT DIFFERENT. AND THEN WHEN I GET HER HOME, I HAVE TO START ALL OVER. WHEN SHE DOES HOSPITAL HOME, SHE MAINTAINS HER NORMAL ROUTINE. AND SO SHE’S IT’S JUST THE SAME AS BEING HOME. AND SHE JUST DOES SO MUCH BETTER. PATIENTS REALLY DO RECOVERY EASIER IN THEIR OWN BED. OH, YEAH. FOR SURE. HE GET MORE SLEEP. NO SUNDOWNERS AND ALL OF CHRISTINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE. THIS IS ONLY GULF COAST AND CAPE CORAL RIGHT NOW, BUT IS EXPANDING. IT WILL EXPAND ALL THE CAMPUSES. AND BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WILL WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE FOR HOSPITAL. THAT’S INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU’RE DOING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS COVERED BY INSURANCE AND MEDICARE WELL. SO WE’LL PUT INFORMATION MORE ABOUT IT. I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. >> ON OUR GULF COAST NEWS APP. ALSO AS YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH LEE HEALT