Process and implementation evaluation of a virtual hospital model of care for low back pain (Back@Home).

Alla MelmanMin J TengDanielle M CoombsQiang LiLaurent BillotThomas LungEileen RoganMona MarabaniOwen HutchingsJoshua R ZadroChris G MaherGustavo C Machadonull null

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2024)

Preliminary findings suggest that this model of care is a safe, acceptable, and feasible alternative to hospitalisation for non-serious low back pain, in a select cohort of patients meeting inclusion criteria. Further data collection will inform whether Back@Home has had an impact on length of stay or traditional admission rates.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
end stage renal disease
palliative care
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
emergency department
primary care
prognostic factors
pain management
big data
patient reported outcomes
chronic pain
artificial intelligence
drug induced