image: A virtual ward, a new model of care that provides support to high-risk and complex patients in the community for a few weeks after discharge from hospital, did not prevent hospital readmissions ...

An economic analysis of the NHS flagship 'virtual wards' programme found it reduced lengths of stay but rates of readmission were higher, and the cost per day of virtual ward care was almost double ...

A virtual ward bed uses 4 times less carbon than a traditional inpatient bed, so helping the NHS achieve its net zero target by 2045, finds the first study of its kind, published in the open access ...

The "virtual ward" model did not reduce readmission or mortality rates among high-risk patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The model relocates ...

FORT HOOD, Texas--Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center is test piloting a “virtual ward” system which gives qualifying patients the option to be discharged early so they can recover at home with the ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in Australia characterized hospitalization volumes, patient epidemiological and clinical outcome data of patients admitted to ...

As NHS England ask providers to share learnings on rolling out virtual wards at scale, Stephen Boyle explores whether a virtual ward maturity assessment could be more insightful in understanding ...

NICE's medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on virtual ward platform technologies for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) from several sources, including an assessment report by ...

Do you own an oximeter? If so, do you know how and when to use it? It could save your life. COVID-19 has killed at least 60,000 people in the UK. Many who die have a sudden drop in their blood oxygen ...

A virtual ward, a new model of care that provides support to high-risk and complex patients in the community for a few weeks after discharge from hospital, did not prevent hospital readmissions as ...