The benefits of home health care, specifically home infusion, are substantial. With home infusion, patients can receive their medication in the safety and comfort of their own home by a clinically-trained infusion nurse. Benefits include safety, convenience, cost-savings, and patient well being. Here we discuss how our nursing team supports treatment success for patients when and where they need it most.
Extensive Vetting and Training
In addition to our highly-qualified internal nurse clinicians, BioMatrix has contracted with over 200 nursing agencies nationwide and are continually bringing new agencies into the fold. Per our rigorous standards, each agency is thoroughly vetted to make sure they are knowledgeable regarding the Infusion Nurses Society guidelines for infusion therapy in the home.
Just as the nursing agencies we contract with are thoroughly vetted, so too are the individual home infusion nurses. Every home infusion nurse assigned to enter a patient’s home is required to meet (over the phone or virtually) with our nurse clinicians prior to providing service. Our nurse clinicians:
Evaluate the infusion RN’s level of competency to provide the care ordered. If needed, further education or training is arranged and completed before the start of care.
Review prescribed therapy in detail with the home infusion nurse to make sure the appropriate protocols are followed, and the services provided are safe and seamless.
Every nurse who enters a patient’s home is carefully determined ensuring a right fit for the patient, their condition, and individual treatment need. If at any time our nurse clinicians determine that a particular home infusion nurse does not meet the standard of competency that we at BioMatrix strive for, we re-group, and re-staff the case with an alternate home infusion nurse.
Site-of-Care Coordination
We are well aware of how important it is for patients to avoid conflicts with work and other obligations. Our nurse clinicians strive to come up with a plan for infusions that causes the least disruption as possible for the patient while staying within the parameters that their MD has ordered. Whether administering in-home with assistance from one of our home care nurses, in-office, or at our Ambulatory Infusion Center, our nurses work with patients and prescribers to make therapy administration as safe and convenient as possible.
Safety Protocols
All BioMatrix nurse professionals follow CDC guidelines for hygiene and germ reduction and help patients mitigate any issues to establish a safe environment for home infusion. When entering a patient’s home, the home infusion nurses we work with follow all standard precautions and wear appropriate personal protective equipment. They also take the time to identify and review safety measures the patient can follow in the home both during and after infusion.
Clinical Interventions
Following each home infusion, the home infusion nurse will submit a report to the BioMatrix clinical team to track response to therapy, monitor for adverse events, and help personalize and improve future care. By synthesizing clinical, social, and drug utilization information, our nursing team’s actionable interventions help improve health and save lives. Our interventions support patient adherence to therapy, reduce side-effects, and help address both critical and every day issues related to life with a chronic health condition.
Patient Education
We understand that starting a new therapy and navigating the treatment process can be challenging and confusing for a patient. Where appropriate, our nursing team provides self-administration training for injectable or infusible drugs, allowing patients to more independently manage their condition. Our nurses can also guide patients post administration to maintain therapy adherence, minimize or manage side-effects, and answer questions that may arise throughout their treatment regimen.
The BioMatrix clinical team includes compassionate nurses who have extensive training and experience with rare diseases, infusion therapies, and complex medical conditions.
Our nurses work together with patients, caregivers, pharmacists, and prescribers to coordinate the optimal site of care, conduct nursing interventions, and provide patient education.
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