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Implementation of a Virtual Hospital in the Home Service for Patients With COVID-19 in Queensland, Australia: Mixed Methods Evaluation Using the RE-AIM Framework
Hospital in the home (HITH) provides home-based care as an alternative to traditional hospitalization. In response to the COVID-19 Omicron wave, a public hospital in the rural Western portion of Southeast Queensland implemented a virtual HITH service to support adults, maternity patients, and children with moderate COVID-19 symptoms and additional health concerns. Although the pandemic accelerated the uptake of virtual care within HITH models, existing literature has focused on clinical outcomes, with limited evidence on key implementation outcomes.
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Implementing a Virtual Hospital-in-the-Home (HITH) model—where hospital-level care is delivered remotely with telehealth, monitoring, and clinical coordination—was found to be feasible, safe, and effective at scale for managing patients with moderate COVID-19 symptoms, with high reach and positive patient experience.
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