Close to building a system hospital home care its doctors and nurses YOU in patients with serious chronic diseases that force them to go to the hospital frequently, it is found Ministry of Health care. It is expected that within the next two months, the Agios Savvas Hospital will launch the Oikothen program for home treatment of neoplasms in cancer patients. This will be followed by the establishment of eight additional referral centers in an equal number of hospitals across the country for hospice care at home, which will not be limited to cancer patients, but will also cover pediatric cases, as well as patients with multiple sclerosis and other diseases. neurological conditions.

In the next two months, the Oikoten program will be launched by Agios Savvas Hospital.

These projects are part of the umbrella program of the Ministry of Health for the establishment of a system of hospital care at home (NOSPI), which has received EU approval. for its financing from the funds of the Recovery Fund in the amount of 14.7 million euros. In addition to creating reference centers, the program includes improving the legislative framework, using technologies for secure remote monitoring of the patient and monitoring the quality of services provided. “It is important to open a dialogue about new innovative care models, such as home care,” said the Secretary General of the Health Ministry. Giannis Kotsiopulos during the presentation of the program held within the framework of the 21st World Health Conference – “The Health System in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution”, organized by the Hellenic American Chamber. As he noted, the idea began with an example of pediatric home care implemented by AUTH and Child’s Smile. And he explained: “Professor Mr. Tzanakas explained to us the whole scientific model of home care for children in need of intensive care and how it can be done safely. From this conversation, the idea was born to apply this model of care to other groups of patients suffering from severe illnesses and having to spend a lot of time in the hospital. These are patients who usually have many readmissions, suffer from infections, and their family is also tortured. Therefore, we are trying to build a model where we will take care of the patient at home by a team of doctors and nurses at a lower cost, with more safety and in better conditions.”

During November, the signing of a ministerial decision on the terms, conditions and procedure for the implementation of home care programs is expected, on the basis of which the Ikoten model program of the Agios Savvas hospital regarding home care will initially operate. the introduction of neoplastic methods for the treatment of cancer patients has begun. According to hospital director Olga Balaura, the first phase of the program will run twice a week and serve 20 procedures per week (80 patients per year) under strict conditions. These include that the patient must have completed at least three cycles of treatment in the hospital, be in a maintenance phase, and show no evidence of disease progression on imaging. In the next phase, it will operate five times a week and serve 80 procedures per week (320 patients per year).