Advanced Health Technology

Chapter 11 Hospital at Home: Managing the Risks of Delivering Acute Care in the Patient’s Home

Mitch Parker and Peter McLaughlin

DOI: 10.4324/9781003348603-14

Contents

The Trend and Importance of Acute Care Delivery at Home

The Security Is the Tricky Part

The Do’s and Don’ts

Hospital Grade versus Consumer Grade

Bibliography

Medical devices, patient monitoring tools, and remote access to patient files are significantly more complicated to use outside the familiar healthcare facility because the patient data does not benefit from the layers of security within the traditional environment. A wireless device depends on cellular or Wi-Fi networks available, as opposed to the hospital IT system with access controls, firewalls, and myriad other ...