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Course: Pandemic Boosts an Old Idea—Bringing Acute Care to the Patient

CME Credits: 1.00

Released: 2021-04-14

After several days in a hospital with COVID-19 pneumonia, Tim Shain of Lincolnton, North Carolina, didn’t hesitate when a registered nurse told him he was well enough to complete his recovery at home. “Let’s go,” he replied.
But he wasn’t being discharged. The 54-year-old Marine still needed a moderate flow of supplemental oxygen and close monitoring of his respiratory symptoms but not round-the-clock nursing. So Charlotte, North Carolina–based Atrium Health transferred him to a program that provides hospital-level care in patients’ homes.


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