Learn More about Home Hospital
What Is Home Hospital?
Home Hospital is based on our patients' strong desire to maximize their time at home. When illness develops and is significant enough to require a hospital stay, Home Hospital is able to provide similar care for patients at home and avoid time in the hospital.
You can think of Home Hospital as sending the hospital home with you. Home Hospital is more advanced than traditional home health care. Just like if you were staying in the hospital, you will have several visits with our clinicians each day to treat your condition until you are safe enough to return to your regular clinical team.
Mass General Home Hospital has been operational since April 2017. Common conditions treated by Home Hospital include congestive heart failure, COPD, pneumonia, skin infections such as cellulitis, and urinary tract infections. Home Hospital team is able to treat other conditions at home if deemed safe to do so.
Services
In addition to care specific to your medical condition, Home Hospital can provide you with:
- Vital sign monitoring (heart rate, blood pressure)
- Lab testing
- Intravenous (IV) fluids and medications
- Oxygen
- Continuous heart monitoring
- X-rays
- Ultrasounds
What to Expect
When admitted to Home Hospital from the emergency room or the hospital, you will be sent from Mass General directly to your home and someone from the Home Hospital Care Team will meet you there. After you get settled at home, your care team will talk to you about when daily follow-up visits will occur. The team will do their best to accommodate your schedule, but the timing of the visits depends on the timing of your medication and your clinical needs.
How long you will be treated depends on your condition and care plan. For most patients, it is usually three to five days.
When you are ready to be "discharged" from Home Hospital, your Home Hospital care team will evaluate whether you will need ongoing visiting nurse visits, home physical therapy, or other services.
My Care Team
Your Home Hospital care team remains in close contact throughout your Home Hospital stay. Your primary care provider or Mass General specialist will also be in communication with the Home Hospital team regarding your care and your progress.- Your doctor: A Mass General doctor (MD) will oversee your care and make at least one home visit during your Home Hospital stay
- Your physician assistant or nurse practitioner: A Mass General physician assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP) will visit you daily in your home and is available by phone 24 hours a day
- Your nurse: A Partners Healthcare at Home registered nurse (RN) will visit you in your home twice per day
Cost
Mass General currently bills your insurance as appropriate. You may receive a co-pay for home visits, but will not be billed for other services not covered by your insurance.
See Our Care Teams in Action
Meet the Team
Our Physicians
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- Primary Care
- Department of Medicine
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- Hospitalist
- Department of Medicine
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- Hospitalist
- Department of Medicine
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- Geriatrics
- Department of Medicine
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- Lead Physician, International Office - Massachusetts General Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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- Primary Care
- Department of Medicine
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- Assistant in Medicine, MGH
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- Hospitalist
- Department of Medicine
Our Advanced Practice Providers
Ryanne Coulson, PA
Helen Le, PA
Ann Malley, NP
Christina Palmieri, NP
Cristina Portugal, NP
Our Nurses
Amy Costa, RN, BSN
Jodi Fitzpatrick, RN, BSN
Nahall Rad, RN, BSN
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