Hospital In The Home (HITH) Society Australasia Ltd

The HITH Society 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.

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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!

Older people, rural communities and Hospital in the Home
What the evidence is telling us about access and models of care

Date & Time: Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 1230pm-130pm AEDT

Location: Online via Microsoft Teams

Dear colleagues,

You are warmly invited to the next HITH Society Australasia Grand Round, featuring the Alfred Health Hospital in the Home team:

Dr Natalie J Bransgrove
Registered Nurse, Master of Public Health, PhD
Collaborative Evaluation & Research Centre (CERC), Federation University Australia

Presentation

Older rural people and Hospital in the Home: barriers, benefits and where to next

Natalie has recently completed a PhD exploring how older age and rurality shape access to Hospital in the Home services in Victoria. Her doctoral work builds on two major systematic reviews that map Australian HITH models of care and examine the barriers, benefits and enablers of acute home-based care for older people.
Together, these studies highlight the three main HITH models of care used in Australia, the ways admission pathways and geography influence outcomes, and the persistent gaps for older people living outside metropolitan areas.

In this session, Natalie will:

• Summarise what we currently know about HITH outcomes for older people in Australia
• Describe key barriers, benefits and enablers of acute home-based care for older adults, including the role of carers
• Highlight where rural and regional communities are missing out on HITH and why
• Outline the three main Australian HITH models of care and why model choice matters for equity and service design
• Discuss practical implications for policy, funding and service planning, including priorities for the next phase of HITH research

This Grand Round will be of interest to HITH clinicians, geriatric and general medicine teams, rural health services, nurse leaders, service managers, policymakers and anyone involved in designing or delivering acute care at home for older people. 

Past presentations with presented consent are uploaded to the HITH Society YouTube Channel for later viewing.

To join the mailing list and attend this meeting, email grand_rounds @ hithsociety.org.au

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.

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.

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The ROLE OF HITH IN COVID19

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.

START ISU on HITH Tool

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.