Media Release: Hotel health service helping patients leave hospital

Amplar Health is part of the Medibank group. This media release was originally posted on the Medibank website. This is an excerpt only and the full release can be viewed here.

 

South Australia’s inaugural out-of-hospital health service at a city hotel has helped dozens of patients leave hospital since its launch earlier this year, while freeing up beds for others.

Eighty hospital patients who no longer required in hospital acute care have used the Transition Care Service at the Pullman Adelaide since it opened just over two months ago, with 55 patients discharged.

The Transition Care Service is a joint collaboration between SA Health, Amplar Health Home Hospital, and the Pullman Adelaide and provides a base for patients who no longer require hospital care to transition to a more appropriate service.

Patients are selected based on their clinical needs, and are monitored by nurses and medical practitioners providing appropriate patient care before transitioning home or to an appropriate long-term facility such as an aged care home.

One patient spent more than 200 days in hospital while waiting for an appropriate facility before being transferred to the Transition Care Service.

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