About Hospital In The Home

Hospital In The home (HITH) programs provide patients with an alternative to long hospital stays by bringing the hospital home.

Hospital In The Home (HITH) programs provide patients with an alternative to long hospital stays by bringing the hospital home. Highly regarded by health care professionals and patients alike, HITH provides high quality home-based medical care to patients who do not require full-time hospital care.

Patients eligible for HITH care are still treated as in-patients in most services and therefore receive the same level of care as they would in hospital. Nurses deliver daily treatment to patients, in some cases visiting up to twice a day.

Patients who are clinically stable and are supported in an appropriate home environment with telephone access may be eligible for HITH, provided the treatment of their condition is suitable for the home.

With evidence to support the use of 24 hour continuous antibiotic infusion, and the availability of simple, cost effective elastomeric medical pumps, many conditions can be both efficiently and effectively treated in the home.

HITH programs have been successfully operated by hospitals across Australia since the 1980s. Due to the achievement of positive outcomes for both hospitals and patients, the adoption of HITH programs continue.

The Benefits of Hospital In The Home

For Hospitals

The benefits reported by medical practitioners participating in HITH programs include:

	Beds can be managed more efficiently, reducing waiting times
	Cost reductions for treating HITH patients compared with in-hospital treatment
	Higher levels of patient satisfaction

For Patients

Patients participating in Hospital In The Home programs have experienced positive outcomes including:

	Access to the same quality treatment in the comfort of their own home
	More time with their families
	Increased mobility, allowing them to get back to their normal activities and routines

Improving HITH Services with the Baxter Infusor

Baxter is committed to assisting hospitals and communities to develop and improve the efficiency of HITH programs. Baxter’s range of elastomeric Infusors are simple and cost effective ambulatory medical pumps designed with home antibiotic treatment in mind. With the Baxter Infusor, patients can receive 24 hours of continuous, no-compromise IV antibiotic therapy in the comfort of their own home.

Not only does the continuous infusion technique allow HITH practitioners to treat more patients by reducing the number of required daily visits to the patient, but it is also presents a more cost effective, and easier to use solution than electromechanical pumps. Patients receiving antibiotics at home can also benefit as the Baxtor Infusor is lightweight and portable, making returning to normal life easy.

Baxter is here to help

We offer the supply of ready to use Infusors, specially filled at our GMP and Medsafe certified sterile compounding facilities to meet the requirements of individual patients.

We offer the supply of ready to use Infusors, specially filled at our GMP and Medsafe certified sterile compounding facilities to meet the requirements of individual patients. We are also committed to providing comprehensive training and support programs for healthcare professionals and helpful resources for patients to assist you in efficiently running a Hospital In The Home program.

Healthcare practitioners can subscribe to this website to receive access to the Healthcare Professional Resources. Here you will find valuable information including compounded antibiotic stability data, instructional videos and supporting journal articles.