Acute home treatment of patients with hypoxemia due to respiratory infection in a regional network (HOME-ART study)

Home-based management of hypoxemic patients with acute respiratory tract infection in a care network (HOME-ART study) Acute respiratory tract infections (ALTI) cause a large burden of disease for patients every year. These patients are admitted to hospital. This regularly leads to a peak burden on hospital care. This study aims to demonstrate that acute treatment at home - rather than in hospital - is safe for patients with oxygen deficiency due to respiratory infections. This can also save hospital capacity and costs. Study and expected outcomes Patients may recover better at home and with more autonomy. In a previous study, a method was developed with which Covid-19 patients with oxygen deficiency were treated at home. This method for home treatment consists of 5 interrelated building blocks: a) medical care b) remote monitoring c) acute nursing home care d) equipment at home for, among other things, oxygen treatment e) care coordination Because this study is not only aimed at Covid-19 patients, but also at other types of acute respiratory infections that can be treated at home, the method is first made suitable for this. To this end, development is taking place of, among other things, 24/7-hour continuous monitoring and more options for antibiotic therapy. The patients will then be compared at home treatment with hospital admission, the outcome of which will be to determine whether acute home treatment is effective and as safe as hospital admission. Any cost savings are also calculated.