Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hospital in the Home (HITH)
Through extensive consultation and co-design, we have worked with our stakeholders to put together the, “Integrated Hospital in the Home – A Shared Care Model for Hospital in the Home for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Brisbane North”.
Why:
- to ensure better health outcomes and experience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
- to improve access to culturally responsive care, closer to home
- to create service capacity by reduced preventable presentations to hospitals, re-admissions to acute hospitals, reduced discharge against medical advice, increased HITH utilisation and fast-tracked access to HITH for eligible patients
- to build on, not duplicate, the existing Metro North HITH Model of Care and Clinical Pathways and complemented other strategies to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HITH in Brisbane North.
Who?
- contractual partnership between Metro North Health and a Community Controlled Health Service, brokered via The Health Alliance (the Alliance) and Brisbane North PHN, to trial a shared care model of HITH
- the Alliance has contracted the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) to conduct and deliver the HITH pilot for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in the region.
Where?
- across Metro North Health and Brisbane North PHN catchment.
How?
- a GP from IUIH will work with acute HITH teams in Metro North Health to provide medical care in a patient’s home and/or IUIH’s primary care settings
- cultural support may be provided from IUIH Community Liaison Officers and IUIH Connect
- multiple pathways of entry through ED, Virtual ED, Metro North Health wards/service and direct referrals from IUIH GPs.
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