As healthcare systems worldwide face mounting pressures, the hospital at home model emerges as a transformative solution for care delivery. This episode of the SGH Hospital of the Future podcast explores how digital health technologies and innovative care models are enabling hospital-level care in patients' homes. Learn how Singapore General Hospital's SGH@Home programme is part of this global movement, leveraging innovation to improve patient outcomes.

Home provides familiarity, comfort and dignity in the recovery process.  Recovering at home can significantly reduce the stress and anxiety often associated with hospital stays. It also supports emotional well-being and helps patients maintain mobility, as they are more likely to move around with appropriate supervision in a home environment.

With the promise of better outcomes, lower costs and enhanced patient satisfaction, the hospital-at-home model is transforming care delivery around the world. In this episode, our SGH Hospital of the Future podcast hosts Dr Goh Su-Yen and Dr Michelle Tan, speak to Dr David Levine, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and global leader in home hospital innovation, to explore how Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and global partners are redesigning inpatient care beyond the hospital walls.

SGH adopts a digital first approach, leverages telemedicine and invests in care models such as SGH@Home, an alternative inpatient care delivery model that offers clinically suitable patients the option of receiving acute inpatient hospitalisation services in the comfort of their own homes, instead of a hospital ward.

The success of home-based care relies on sophisticated digital health technologies. Remote patient monitoring devices, telehealth platforms, and artificial intelligence-driven predictive analytics work in concert to enable healthcare teams to deliver hospital-level care in domestic settings. These technologies can provide real-time vital signs monitoring, facilitate virtual consultations, and alert medical teams to potential complications before they become critical.

Technological advances should be complemented by carefully designed care protocols that enable seamless coordination between healthcare providers, caregivers, and patients. Digital platforms play a crucial role in facilitating interactions, ensuring that all parties have access to relevant information and can communicate effectively.

This transformation in healthcare delivery represents a reimagining of how we provide and receive medical care. As we move forward, the integration of advanced technologies with patient-centred care approaches will continue to shape the future of healthcare, making hospital at home a significant component of modern healthcare systems.

(From left) Dr David Levine, Dr Michelle Tan, and Dr Goh Su-Yen in the SGH Studio

About Dr David Levine
Dr Levine is an expert in designing and implementing advanced home-based care, using digital health technology to drive health outcomes, and evaluating the quality, safety, and experience of health care. 

He is clinical director of research and development for Mass General Brigham Health Care at Home, and co-director of the Harvard General Internal Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He founded Brigham’s home hospital programme and co-founded and co-chairs the Hospital at Home Users Group, a collaborative of home hospital programs throughout the US and Canada. He is core faculty at Ariadne Labs, a center for health systems innovation at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham. 

His vision is for patients to achieve the right care at the right time in the right place by designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative interaction spaces among the care team, technology, caregiver, and patient. 

About SGH Hospital of the Future Podcast Hosts
Dr Goh Su-Yen is an endocrinologist by day, with an interest in innovation and transformation.

Dr Michelle Tan is Head and Senior Consultant, Family Medicine Continuing Care, SGH. She is also the clinical lead of SGH@Home, a mobile inpatient care at home service that provides home hospitalisation services to SGH patients.

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About the SGH Hospital of the Future Podcast

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