virtual home care

Introduction

see telemedicine, home care

Indications

• health-care systems that cannot staff in-home visits

Clinical significance

• safe for a variety of acute illnesses

Procedure

• outpatient, virtual, home-based acute care
  • oral or inhalational therapy in lieu of intravenous therapy
  • remote monitoring
  • as-needed return outpatient urgent care visits

More general terms

• home care
• telemedicine