Reducing unnecessary hospital admissions

This article is an interview with Dr. Debbie Harvey about NHS South Sefton CCG ' s Care Home Innovation Programme. " We introduced CHIP as a way to improve care standards and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions. CHIP also encourages advance care planning through the support of a community multidisciplinary team (MDT). CHIP consists of a number of different initiatives including a telemedicine service that provides MDT support for the care homes 24/7, locally based care home community matrons, community geriatricians, medicines management team, psychiatry care home liaison, standardised protocols and training for healthcare staff in care of the dying. "
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news