{"id":34181,"date":"2019-12-05T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=34181"},"modified":"2019-12-06T12:33:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:33:40","slug":"new-inpatient-transition-program-provides-hospital-to-home-services-in-saratoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/12\/new-inpatient-transition-program-provides-hospital-to-home-services-in-saratoga\/","title":{"rendered":"New Inpatient Transition Program Provides Hospital-To-Home Services In Saratoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34182\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/12\/hospital-transition-dooley-c-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/12\/hospital-transition-dooley-c-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/12\/hospital-transition-dooley-c.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Kevin Dooley medical director of the Inpatient Transition Program.<br \/>Courtesy Saratoga Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saratoga Hospital has created a new Inpatient Transition Program to provide hospital-to-home services for adult patients with a chronic illness or health risks.<br \/>\nOfficials said the patient-focused program is designed to improve both patient care and the system for transitioning that care from a hospital setting to a primary care provider.<br \/>\n\u201cThe ITP is especially needed for those chronically ill patients who may not have prompt access to their primary care physician,\u201d said Dr. Kevin Dooley medical director of the Inpatient Transition Program. \u201cThese are patients who need to be seen within three days at most. A discharged patient who misses out on follow-up care may inadvertently mismanage their medications or miss a warning sign and eventually end up back in the hospital.\u201d<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cThis program helps ensure overall better health outcomes for the patients, reducing the chance of rehospitalization. It also helps to relieve the pressure on the overtaxed schedules of primary care physicians in our community,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nAs hospitalized patients are prepared for discharge, those who meet certain health criteria will be given the opportunity to choose to have their initial follow-up appointment at the ITP office.<br \/>\nLocated at 119 Lawrence St. on The Wesley Community campus in Saratoga Springs, the clinic is staffed with medical professionals to provide guidance and the necessary resources (education, medical treatment, etc.) to ensure a successful transition home and back to their primary care provider, officials said.<br \/>\nThe staff works with primary care providers to arrange appointments, providing follow-up care in the interim as well as communication with the patient\u2019s care managers, visiting nurses, and other providers as needed.<br \/>\nFor more information about Saratoga Hospital Medical Group \u2013 Inpatient Medicine, visit SaratogaHospital.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saratoga Hospital has created a new Inpatient Transition Program to provide hospital-to-home services for adult patients with a chronic illness or health risks. Officials said the patient-focused program is designed to improve both patient care and the system for transitioning that care from a hospital setting to a primary care provider. \u201cThe ITP is especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":34182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>New Inpatient Transition Program Provides Hospital-To-Home Services In Saratoga - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/12\/new-inpatient-transition-program-provides-hospital-to-home-services-in-saratoga\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Inpatient Transition Program Provides Hospital-To-Home Services In Saratoga - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saratoga Hospital has created a new Inpatient Transition Program to provide hospital-to-home services for adult patients with a chronic illness or health risks. 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