Cardiovascular medicine – BJC Podcast

Virtual wards, virtual hospitals – virtual success and here to stay?

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Niall Keenan, Consultant Cardiologist and Associate Medical Director, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Clinical Advisory Group Chair, Virtual Wards, NHS England, East of England; National Steering Group Member, Virtual Wards, NHS England

 

Learning objectives
  • To understand the role of virtual wards and general principles around this type of care.
  • To appreciate how virtual wards have resulted in improved patient care and why they are needed to tackle the rising challenges around in-patient care in many hospitals.
  • To develop an understanding of the type of patient that can benefit most from virtual wards and the subsequent cost savings to the NHS.

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