Hospital at Home – Kelowna General Hospital

KGH is implementing a Hospital at Home program along with other Health Authorities in the province, supported by the Ministry of Health. Hospital at Home is a program that provides acute care services in patients’ homes. Hospital at Home is comprised of an inter-professional care team including nurses, hospitalist physicians, pharmacists, and Allied Health professionals. KGH Hospital at Home will have a census of 18 medical patients. There are many benefits of Hospital at Home, including improved patient experience and satisfaction.

Patient engagement is a very important part of developing our Hospital at Home program. We would like to engage with patient partners on several aspects that will affect patient care, including the development of our Medication Administration Record for self-administration of medications, scheduling home and virtual care visits, and clinical workflows from the patient perspective.

This is an exciting opportunity for partnership to be involved in the development of a novel program with a strong patient and family centered care focus.

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of Involve on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.

Eligibility

• Comfort with public speaking
• Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
• Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
• An interest in improving health care services
• The time to participate in the engagement opportunity

Patient Partners ARE required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Kelly-Anne Campbell
Clinical Operations Manager, Kelowna General Hospital - Hospital at Home | Interior Health
(250) 801-1507
kelly-anne.campbell@interiorhealth.ca