In February 2022, Larry Katz was among the first JGH patients to participate in the Hospital@Home program. While at home with his wife, Carol Adams, he used a smartphone to connect to his hospital care team through voice calls or video meetings. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversaryOctober 2024

90th anniversary flashback: Hospital@Home transforms the home into a virtual ward

Henry Mietkiewicz — September 30, 2024
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Launched in 2022, Hospital@Home enables qualified patients to finish recovering at home, while being monitored via digital technology.

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Larry Katz, a former JGH patient, and his spouse, Carol Adams, demonstrate how they connected to the Hospital@Home program via a smartphone that was lent to them by the JGH. Several times a day, they used the phone to take calls or participate in video meetings to update the care team about Mr. Katz’s recuperation at home. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
May 2022News

Patients in pioneering JGH program are monitored remotely while completing recovery at home

Henry Mietkiewicz — May 5, 2022
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Hospital@Home, a pace-setting JGH program, allows certain patients to complete their recovery at home and still be continuously monitored by a hospital care team.

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In the COVID@HOME program, certain COVID-19 patients complete their recovery in a virtual ward at home (left). Digital technology enables them to stay in touch with the virtual care team at the hospital and to have their vital signs remotely monitored by the care team on a regular basis.
January 2022News

Virtual ward created in patients’ homes in pioneering COVID@HOME project

Henry Mietkiewicz — January 21, 2022
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COVID@HOME, a new program, allows certain COVID-19 patients to be discharged from the JGH and return to home to a virtual ward.

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