Hospital In The Home (HITH) Society Australasia LtdThe HITH Society of Australasia is the peak independent organisation for HITH within Australasia. It is an independent, volunteer, not-for-profit member-based organisation. It seeks to evaluate and improve the delivery of hospital-level care in the home. . Definition of Hospital in the Home HITH is acute inpatient equivalent care, utilising highly skilled staff, hospital technologies, equipment, medication, and safety and quality standards, to deliver hospital-level care within a person's place of residence or preferred (non-hospital) treatment location. See the full HITH Society HITH Definition Position Statement here. 23 October 2024 Further statement released here Hospital in the Home Nursing Recognising the high level of training, qualifications and experience required to be a HITH nurse, the Society has released a position statement regarding core competencies for HITH registered nurses. See the full position statement here HITH Online Grand Rounds Supported by HITH Membership, this webinar is open access for all. You're Invited to the next HITH Society Australasia Grand Round! Webinar Title: Iron Infusions at Home The upcoming HITH Society Australasia Grand Round webinar will explore the innovative practice of delivering iron infusions in the home setting. This session features: Presentations1.
Clinical Perspective on Iron Infusions 2.
Home-Based Iron Infusions: Real-World Insights Discussion SegmentThe session will conclude with an interactive Q&A session with both speakers and concluding remarks. Click here to register now! If you have an area of interest, or an important topic to discuss, please email us with your suggestion administrator @ hithsociety.org.au About the Grand Rounds Series: The HITH Society Australasia’s Grand Rounds series fosters knowledge-sharing and collaboration, featuring leading voices in Hospital in the Home care. Each session is designed to spotlight advancements, challenges, and emerging trends in HITH practice, research, and policy. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with experts in the field and explore new ways to enhance patient care. We look forward to your participation! View other presentations here. Recent Webinars (open access) Topic: Albumin in the Home Speakers: Prof Alan Wigg and Kylie Bragg from the liver team at Flinders Medical Centre, along with Tammy Cates from Silverchain, exploring the rationale and benefits of providing regular albumin infusions to patients with cirrhosis in the comfort of their homes. Presentation now available here Topic: The state of the Union: Hospital in the home in the USA Speaker: A/Prof Michael Montalto Presentation now open access for viewing on youtube A/Prof Montalto's Paper available here Also: US CMS Report on Acute Hospital Care at Home Topic: Access Devices to Optimise Treatment in HITH - presented by NSLHD Topic: HITH Funding 101 - Presented by Dr Michael Young How does HITH look in practice? Some examples from others here (external links) Here's an article recently published in the New York Times. Here's one example of what a HITH nurse does Deloitte Access Economics Paper Economic analysis of Hospital in the Home (HITH) - 2011 HITH Nursing Scope of Practice - Clinical Interest Group The Society is seeking to engage with members to form a working group exploring the diversity of HITH nursing scope of practice. This group will be open to all members and potential members, with a view to better defining HITH nursing scope of practice and aligning to NMBA standards. Overseen by Society board member Angela Ellis who has recently performed research in this area, we encourage interested members to join, participate and help shape HITH nursing. Please click here for further information Please click here to complete short questionnaire HITH Medical Interest Group A HITH Whatsapp group has been formed for interested Medical practitioners. Contact here if you are a registered medical practitioner and Society member and would like to be added to the group. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK The HITH Society is pleased to announce we are now on facebook. Follow us to see regular updates, news and other interesting articles, information and tidbits. Click here! published 31-Mar-2020 This document is now freely available, however the Society would appreciate your support. To join as a member and access other information and support this work, please click here.
This tool was presented at the 2018 conference and due to demand is made available by the authors for members to download, to trial in their services and to provide feedback on it's use. Click here to go to our Online Resources page to download. HITH Society Strategic Plan 2023 - 2026
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