Hospital in the Home:Rethinking Home, Care, and Professionalism from a Transdisciplinary Perspective

Healthcare is rapidly moving into the home to address the challenges of rising costs of <br/>hospital care, shortage of healthcare staff, and patient preferences. Hospital in the Home (HITH) is one <br/>model addressing these challenges; however, this model poses new challenges to the home, patients, <br/>relatives, and healthcare professionals. Derived from presentations and discussions at a <br/>transdisciplinary workshop and subsequent collaboration, four themes relevant and essential for future <br/>transdisciplinary research on HITH are proposed, namely, 1) HITH Definitions and their Implications; <br/>2) The Home - Materiality, Atmosphere, and Everyday Life; 3) The Professions - the Home as a <br/>Workplace for Healthcare Professionals; and 4) Social Networks - Relatives, Patients, and <br/>Responsibilities. We argue that a transdisciplinary research- and practice-informed approach to HITH <br/>offers integrated problem-solving and the possibility of asking new and innovative questions and <br/>reaching a wider professional audience.