Mobile Health Teams as a Variant on the Theme of Decentralized Acute Care in the Home

I have come to the conclusion that we need to rethink the mission of hospitals and have blogged about the impetus toward decentralization that is causing various types of healthcare to be delivered closer to patients' homes (see:Merged CVS and Aetna Will Move Toward a Community-Based Healthcare Model;The Changing Role of Clinical Pathologists; Analogy with Hospital Pharmacists;TEN MAJOR TRENDS FACING THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY IN THE AMBULATORY SPACE ON A FIVE-YEAR HORIZON). Part of this trend is exemplified by the emergence of the so-called bedless hospital (see: The Future of Healthcare: Virtual Physician Visits& Bedless Hospitals;The Design of Bedless Hospitals Continue to Evolve Based on Cost and Technology;Some Additional Ideas About the Bedless Hospitals of the Future). Part of this trend also involves the increasing popularity of virtual care (i.e., telemedicine) (see:Telemedicine and Home Monitoring Will Promote Healthcare Transformation;Surgeons Extol the Advantage of Telemedicine in Rural British Columbia;The Need for More Research in Provider-to-Provider Telemedicine). New ideas about pushing care out of hospitals and into the community continue to blossom. A recent article raised the issue ofcommunity paramedicine (see: Do Hospitals Still Make Sense? The Case for Decentralization of Health Care). Below is an explanation of this model of decentralized care:Decentralization is also being achieved through the use of well-trained health care pro...
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