Home pediatrics: caring for children at home with hospital backing
Home pediatrics encompasses different levels of healthcare provided in the patient's home, from medical visits and monitoring of minor or chronic illnesses to hospital-at-home models for acute patients who, due to their clinical stability, can follow complex treatments outside the hospital.
Pediatric home hospitalization is a clinical service that uses the same resources as a hospital —professionals, technology, medication, and care protocols— but transfers them to the family environment, always with maximum safety and care coordination.
Care designed for the well-being of the child and their family
The home is a space that reduces stress, facilitates rest, and allows maintaining essential routines for child development. Receiving care at home improves the patient experience and favors a calmer recovery, especially in processes that require prolonged treatments.
For families, home pediatrics involves closer accompaniment. Caregivers are an active part of the process, with the continuous support of healthcare professionals who guide, train, and resolve doubts in real time. They are not alone: the clinical team is still present, even if the hospital is not seen.
Clinical safety and care coordination
Pediatric home hospitalization is indicated for clinically stable patients, after a rigorous medical assessment. Patient selection, clear protocols, and permanent communication between professionals and family are key to ensuring safe and quality care.
This model allows treating frequent pathologies, such as infections requiring intravenous antibiotics or respiratory processes, avoiding prolonged admissions and reducing the risk of hospital infections.
Caring better, from home
At Galeneo, we understand home pediatrics as a way of caring better: combining clinical rigor, technology, and closeness. A model that puts the child and their family at the center, and demonstrates that receiving hospital care at home is possible when the entire system works in a coordinated manner.
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Bibliography
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