In a trial involving patients at high risk of hospital readmission or death, use of a virtual ward model of care (using some elements of hospital care in the community) after hospital discharge did ...

It all began with a question. It was the early 2000s, and Dr. Geraint Lewis had just started his specialist training at Croydon NHS Primary Care Trust as a public health registrar. The Department of ...

An economic analysis of the NHS flagship 'virtual wards' programme found it reduced lengths of stay but rates of readmission were higher, and the cost per day of virtual ward care was almost double ...

More than 5,000 extra patients received hospital-level care at home through Cheshire and Merseyside's virtual ward programme.

MANCHESTER— Specialist atrial fibrillation and heart failure virtual wards are helping to keep patients out of hospital by allowing them to be safely managed at home, it was reported at the British ...

Covid-19 changed the global landscape of healthcare, with institutions around the world realising the need for more advanced digital intervention that would enable remote care. For many, this ...

Health researchers from the University of Sheffield have studied the impact of ‘NHS Virtual Wards’ in South Yorkshire for the ...

Health researchers from the University of Sheffield have studied the impact of ‘NHS Virtual Wards’ in South Yorkshire for the ...