Always looking for new solutions to free up hospital beds and improve the quality of care, Quebec is launching the deployment of the home hospitalization service on Monday. The first phase targets eight integrated health and social services centers (CISSS) and integrated university health and social services centers (CIUSSS) in the greater Montreal and Quebec City regions.
These first eight health territories should be able to offer this service to patients by 2024, announced the Minister for Health and Seniors, Sonia Bélanger. If their condition allows it, patients who wish to do so can continue their treatment at home while remaining under the supervision of a medical team.
Thanks to connected devices, medical staff are able to monitor the progress of the patient remotely. A shorter hospital stay would also be beneficial for the patient, who avoids greater deconditioning. A harmful consequence that particularly affects hospitalized seniors.
It is also promised that the patient hospitalized at home will have regular communication with his care team. She will be offered in-person tours and virtual tours. It will also be possible to talk on the phone with a nurse at any time.
While the first phase of the project primarily concerns the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, the CIUSSS de l’Ouest -de-l’Île-de-Montréal, the CISSS des Laurentides, the CISSS de Laval, the CISSS de Lanaudière, the CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre and the CHU de Québec-Université Laval, the objective is to set up in 34 establishments and service centers in Quebec.
Minister Delegate Sonia Bélanger made the announcement of the project along with the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Health, Youri Chassin, and the president of the Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec (FMSQ), Dr. Vincent Oliva.
The initiative will be partly financed by the savings made thanks to the work of the Institute for the relevance of medical acts (IPAM). A sum of $40 million must be devoted to the home hospitalization project by 2026.
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