For all of our patients, and especially for complex and frail patient, the home surroundings are optimal, and allow for maximum comfort, reduction of the risk of infection and other complications that can be caused while admitted to hospitals. The internal home service for complex patients includes the prevention of hospitalizations for complex and frail patients, those who are confined to their homes, and treatments of wounds that are difficult to heal – with full availability nationwide.
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How is the Internal Home Hospital for complex patients managed?
- In the first stage, a visit will conducted by a specialist physician in order to devise an appropriate treatment program for the medical and rehabilitative needs of the patient.
- An internal home treatment program will define the treatment objectives, the individual medical professionals who will take care of the patient, and an organized visitation program.
- Contact Center – In addition to the 24/7 availability of the team, a Sabar Health contact center is also available to patients, 24/7, every day of the year.
- An updated evaluation – after stabilizing the medical condition of the patient, an updated evaluation will be performed in order to determine continued treatment.
- It is important that you know that we will do everything we can to ensure that you receive our service financed by your HMO.
Medical centers from where patients are referred to Internal Home Hospital
1.Departments of Emergency Medicine
Patients who came to the hospital due to an acute medical situation requiring admission, but whose clinical condition is sufficiently stable that they can be transferred to Home Hospitalization (for example, infectious illnesses like pneumonia, urinary tract infections).
2. Internal and Surgical wards
Patients who were hospitalized due to an unstable medical condition that were stabilized while admitted but require continued supervision and medical treatment.
3. HMO centers in the community and general (family) practitioners.
Identification of patients requiring hospitalization before coming to the hospital and transferring them to the Home Hospitalization service will save the patient and his family the need to go to the Emergency Room as well as the accompanying costs
How can internal home service be obtained for complex patients or those confiined to the home?
When a patient requiring service is at home, contact the treating physician in the community. In cases where the patient is hospitalized, contact the departmental staff. And for any case of checking rights and suitability of the service, Sabar Health can be contacted by filling in a form on the website or by telephone, *2590.
What does the Internal Home Hospital service for complex patients and those confined to their home include?
- Patients are provided with a permanent team including a physician, a nurse and where medically required, paramedical staff: social worker, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist and a dietician.
- Regular home visits by each member of the team.
- Transportation of the patient from the hospital to Home Hospital.
- Emergency visits, 24/7, as required.
- Availability by telephone, 24/7, all year round.
- Home monitoring – including measuring of blood pressure, pulse, and saturation.
- Blood tests – taking of blood tests by the Sabar Health treatment team and transportation of the test to the HMO laboratories.
- Transportation to imaging tests at HMO centers in accordance with the treatment program.
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