Video: TGH at Home, an Innovative Program Providing Personalized Care and Improved Patient Access

TGH at Home is a program that enables Tampa General Hospital (TGH) to treat lower-acuity patients in the comfort of their own home versus an inpatient setting.

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- When our world locked down in March 2020, many of our lives changed forever. With hospitals at capacity and emergency rooms stretched thin, medical professionals were forced to find ways to treat patients in new, innovative ways. This was one of the ways, Tampa General Hospital's brand new program, TGH at Home, was born.

TGH at Home, the first program of its kind in the Tampa Bay area, is a care model designed to provide specific patients with hospital-level care in the comfort of their home. In addition to in-home visits from health care providers, TGH at Home includes virtual visits and remote monitoring of vital signs 24 hours a day. Our care team of doctors and nurses stays in close contact with each patient to monitor their condition and make any treatment changes needed for an optimum recovery.

Watch our video to learn more about TGH at Home and how this innovative program is making the road to recovery so much better for patient, Grandton Gibson.

Tampa General Hospital, a 1,040-bed, not-for-profit, academic medical center, is one of the largest hospitals in America and delivers world-class care as the region's only center for Level l trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Hospitals, and is tied as the third highest-ranked hospital in Florida, with seven specialties ranking among the best programs in the United States. Tampa General Hospital has been designated as a model of excellence by the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list. The academic medical center's commitment to growing and developing its team members is recognized by two prestigious Forbes magazine rankings – first nationally in the 2022 America's Best Employers for Women and sixth out of 100 Florida companies in the 2022 America's Best Employers by State. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for the region, caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay, and in fiscal year 2021, provided a net community benefit worth more than $224.5 million in the form of health care for underinsured patients, community education, and financial support to community health organizations in Tampa Bay. It is one of the nation's busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its 32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It also is home to the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General Hospital's footprint includes 17 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH Brandon Healthplex, TGH Virtual Health, and 21 TGH Imaging powered by Tower outpatient radiology centers throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm Beach counties. Tampa Bay area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics, and they can even receive home visits in select areas through TGH Urgent Care at Home, powered by Fast Track. As one of the largest hospitals in the country, Tampa General Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and open a clinical command center that provides real-time situational awareness to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.

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