Doctor Visits

Doctors with equipped medical vehicles are ready to visit patients 24 hours a day

Nurse Visits

Registered nurses visit patients at home to perform procedures such as stoma and ulcer care, wound care, catheter replacement etc.

Hospital at Home

Ο the patient is treated at home as if he were in a hospital...

Nursing visit of a patient "admitted" in Hospital-at-Home program

In every scheduled nursing visit the following steps are completed:

• Taking and recording of the patient’s temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2).

• Measuring and recording the patient’s intake of intravenous and oral fluids, during the time period lapsed since the last visit.

• Adjusting IV pumps.

• Measuring and recording of the urine output.

• Estimation of the fluid balance also taking in account quiet fluid losses and informing the doctors by phone.

• Checking the patient’s bodily functions (bowel motions) and any clinical signs which may suggest ischemia, thrombosis, inflammation, intestinal obstruction, accumulation of bronchial secretions or fluid overload. They inform the doctors accordingly.

• Performing deep aspiration of bronchial secretions, whenever this is necessary.

• Checking that catheters or drains are functioning normally.

• Checking for early signs of pressure sores/ulcers and examining the oral cavity.

• Replenishing intravenous fluids and programming the automatic IV pump via which all fluids and medications are administered as a rule for safety reasons.

• Replenishing of the mobile storage cupboard, which is left at the patient’s home during the whole time of treatment.

• Replacing of the oxygen bottle if needed.

• Completing of the patient’s medical charts, which remain at the patient’s home.

• Collecting of blood samples if needed and placing of the collected samples in a special isothermal container filled with ice packs.

After completing the visit, the nursing staff call hoMed and provide the clinical data collected so that it can be recorded in the patient’s computer file.

X-Rays at Home

X-rays are easily performed at home with the aim of digital technology without any patient discomfort. They are digitally developed during the visit and they can be send by e-mail to any recipient.

Bedside blood tests

Important blood examinations can be performed during a home doctor's visit in only a few minutes:

BUN, Glucose, Creatinine, Potassium, Sodium, Hematocret, Hemoglobin, Anion gap, Blood gases, Lactate, PT/INR, Troponine, BNP.

These blood tests help the doctor to promptly correct any severe abnormality such as water and electrolyte disorders, hyperglycemia etc. or to early diagnose life-threatening conditions such as MI or hypercapnia.