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17th Annual HITH Society

Annual Scientific Meeting 12 - 14 November 2025

Sunshine Coast, Queensland



Where are Australasian HITH Services?

At the 2024 Conference, members volunteered information about their service.

A currently list is available via this link.

If you wish to add your service, please contact webmaster@hithsociety.org.au



Hospital In The Home (HITH) Society Australasia Ltd

The 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.

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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!


Measuring What Matters: Patient Experience and Complexity in HITH

Date & Time: Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (AEST) Location: Online via Microsoft Teams


Join us for our next Hospital in the Home Society Australasia Grand Round as we explore emerging tools designed to better understand and manage the HITH patient journey, from experience to complexity.

Presentations

A/Prof Penelope Bryant VALIDATION OF PATIENT EXPERIENCE MEASURES IN HOSPITAL AT HOME PROGRAMS: THE HOSPITAL-IN-THE-HOME QUESTIONNAIRE (HHQ)

A/Prof Bryant will share findings from her work validating the HHQ: a purpose-built tool to capture the voice of patients receiving care through Hospital in the Home.

Dr Sarah Jame COMPLEXITY SCORING FOR HITH PATIENTS

Dr Jame will present a practical approach to scoring patient complexity in the HITH setting, highlighting how these frameworks can support clinical decision-making, resource allocation, and benchmarking.

All welcome | Interactive Q&A to follow each presentation

The webinar will be recorded and 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.



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!


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.





HITH Society Strategic Plan 2023 - 2026

pdfHITH Society Strategic Plan 2023 - 2026

NSW HITH Guideline

pdfNSW HITH Guideline

Queensland HITH Guideline ** Updated December 2023

pdfQueensland HITH Guideline

Victoria HITH Guideline

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