The Unique Role of the Social Worker Within the Hospital at Home Care Delivery Team
March 1, 2021
Social Work in Health Care, March 1, 2021
Hospital at Home (HaH) provides acute, hospital-level care at home and post-discharge follow-up. Through a review of 293 HaH admissions conducted by an urban, multidisciplinary HaH program from 2014 to 2017, this report found that a social worker is involved in 71% of admissions and plays a crucial role in pre-emergency department discharge home care and safety screening, home intake, follow-up support, and transition of care to primary care providers and community-based services.
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