Tampa General looks to treat transplant patients at home

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is looking to expand its hospital-at-home program after one year of operation in order to treat transplant patients, Fox affiliate WTVT reported May 23. 

“We’re actually working with our liver transplant team,” Peter Chang, MD, vice president of healthcare design at Tampa General, told the publication. “And if a liver transplant patient is going to spend eight or 10 days in the hospital, maybe they just spend the first four or five in the hospital, and then we can transition home for the remainder.”