Home Visit

One of our assignments was to do a home visit to learn a little bit about the discharge process and transitions in care from an acute hospital setting to the outpatient setting. We went in groups of two medical students and a pharmacy student to see how a patient was doing after leaving the hospital, reconcile medications, and assess the home living situation. We visited one of my patients who was visually impaired and admitted for a pyelonephritis. It was fascinating to see how she got around the house, differentiated between medications (they were in different sized bottles with different caps), and interacted with her children. It was fun. I felt like the patient appreciated our visit and it improved her medical follow-up.