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Washington County Health System
  
  Specialty Care Services

 

We offer specialty care in the following areas:

Home Infusion
For patients discharged from the hospital with their intravenous (IV) lines still in place, Home Healthcare offers home infusion therapy. Under this program, the physician makes a referral to a pharmacy that prepares and delivers the medications to be administered intravenously on an outpatient basis, and a registered nurse handles the home infusion.

Post Partum Care
Frequently, new mother and baby are discharged from the hospital within 24 to 48 hours after delivery (or a few days longer for C-sections). Home Healthcare’s post partum visit program provides a skilled nursing visit the day after discharge to evaluate the newborn’s physical condition and the mother’s physical and emotional health. Visits are covered by insurance as required by state law. There is no charge to the mother or baby for the home care visit.

Wound Care
Home Healthcare’s wound care specialists care for a wide variety of wounds in the home setting. Working closely with your doctor, our medical staff will evaluate your condition and develop an individualized treatment plan designed to put you on the healing path. We’ll work with you every step of the way, monitoring your progress and making sure you, your family and/or your caregiver are familiar with your treatment plan.

Home Therapy
Our team of physical and occupational therapists take pride in helping patients restore capabilities to pre-surgery or pre-accident levels or reach achievement levels others thought impossible. Our therapists help patients with challenges related to: joint replacement, motor vehicle accidents, fractures, stroke and other conditions.

Medical Surgical Care
Many health conditions require either ongoing or intermittent care, either as a follow-up to a hospital visit or to treat a chronic condition. Home Health Care’s team provides care for a wide array of needs and conditions including, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pneumonia, Diabetes complications, paralysis and other conditions.

Psychiatric Nursing
The goal of our home psychiatric nursing program is to help the patient learn to live with a mental illness and enable them to successfully remain at home. Patients are considered homebound if the nature of their psychiatric disorder makes them fear leaving home or makes it unsafe for them to leave home routinely or if another illness or disability makes it difficult for them to leave home routinely. Once the patient can consistently leave home safely, care is transferred to an outpatient setting.

Medical Education
Many patients today have multiple medications to manage. It seems that with each visit to the doctor, another prescription is added. Home Healthcare’s medical education program is designed to ease the multiple medication burden and enable the patient to remain independent and at home. Working in close communication with the patient’s doctors and pharmacist, a regisered nurse helps the patient learn to take medications correctly to prevent possible side effects.

Homemaker Services
Most families want to do all they can to enable their loved ones to remain at home as long as possible. When skilled nursing care is not required, but assistance with the activities of daily living is needed, Home Healthcare offers: assistance with bathing, dressing, taking medications, meals, eating, laundry, light housekeeping, companionship and more. Our services are generally available seven days per week between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Many long term care insurance policies pay for these services, or Home Health Care can bill monthly. Our nurse will perform an in-home interview and assessment and provide you with a written estimate of all fees in advance.

 

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Washington County Hospital
251 East Antietam Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301-790-8000