Media Release: My Home Hospital celebrates major milestone as demand for at-home acute care continues to grow

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.

My Home Hospital is celebrating a significant milestone, having now treated more than 26,000 South Australians, across 190 postcodes and delivered over 117,684 hospital bed days in the comfort of patients’ own homes.

Delivered by Amplar Health on behalf of the South Australian Government, My Home Hospital provides acute hospital-level care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year — all from the place patients most want to be: home.

The service supports patients who would otherwise require admission to a traditional hospital ward, delivering intravenous therapies, monitoring, diagnostics and multidisciplinary clinical care, in the community. With an outstanding Net Promoter Score (NPS) since its launch in 2021, patient satisfaction remains exceptionally high.

“Patients consistently tell us they value being able to sleep in their own bed, drink from their own cups, and recover surrounded by family, pets and familiar comforts. For many, that sense of normality plays an important role in their recovery and wellbeing,” said Sarah McRae, Chief Executive of Amplar Health Home Hospital.

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