Our HomMed Program

HomMed is a health monitoring system offered exclusively by Visiting Nurse and Community Health (VNCH).  Through our HomMed program, we are able to monitor a patient’s blood pressure, heart rate, weight, oxygen level, and temperature on a daily basis.  Overseen by a Registered Nurse, our HomMed program allows us to identify any deviation in vital signs that may be occurring.  Identifying these trends allows us to react to a possible health threat before it becomes a problem.

Patients who  should be considered for this program include those with recent hospitalization or ER visits for existing chronic conditions, any condition requiring frequent monitoring or trending of vital signs to facilitate clinical management, history of poor compliance with diet, medications, or self- monitoring of chronic conditions.

The goal of the HomMed program is to prevent hospitalizations, emergency room visits and identify trends in vital signs.  By monitoring a patient’s vital signs on a daily basis, we are able to intervene in the early stages of exacerbations.  Prompt communication of abnormal readings allows the physician to detect subtle changes in clinical status before a patient’s condition deteriorates.

With VNCH’s HomMed program, the patient is monitored by two Registered Nurses.  The patient’s Primary Care Nurse will be responsible for his/her cardiac assessment, medication teaching, and any other health care needs he/she may have.  The HomMed Nurse will review the information obtained by the monitor on a daily basis.  Any deviations will result in a phone call to the patient to check on his/her status, and then a follow-up call to the patient’s primary nurse and/or physician,  as required.

To learn more about HomMed or enroll in our program, call us at either 800-310-4862, or 781-643-6090.  A physician’s referral is required.