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Inge Westlin, 77, was admitted to the Virtual Home Hospital while awaiting a heart procedure. Here, she checks in with a member of the EZVHH team.
Home-based Medicine
photography EVAN ISBISTER
Edmonton’s Virtual Home Hospital safely supports patients at home
by KATIE MCLAUGHLIN
IMAGINE REQUIRING HOSPITAL care and being offered the opportunity to continue it at home, with the support of a care team. You’re given digital monitoring equipment and have regular virtual check-ins. You’re able to eat your own food, sleep in your own bed and get back to your daily activities.
For residents of the Edmonton area, this type of care isn’t something you just have to imagine - it’s what’s offered through Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) Edmonton Zone Virtual Home Hospital (EZVHH).
“Our goal is to provide safe, high-quality acute care to patients
in their own homes through the use of virtual care technology
and the support of both a multidisciplinary health-care team and community partners” says EZVHH patient care manager, Lisa Marco. “Our program provides the support some patients need to enable >
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