Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, has tied up with HealthCare atHOME (HCAH) to provide high quality medical treatment to people in need within the comfort of their home. The hospital will extend this service to the patients who need post-operative and rehabilitation care.

HCAH is an integrated platform offering a bouquet of healthcare delivery services and services to pharmaceutical companies. In healthcare delivery services, it offers services like  ICU care at home, cancer care, post-surgical care and specialized nursing care to its patients along with  physiotherapy, medicine delivery at home and diagnostic services.

Dr Manish Mattoo, Zonal Director, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore said that this was a  good start towards extending home based medical services to our patients by  partnering with HCAH. Through this new partnership our patients will have better access to postoperative and rehabilitation care, reduce readmission risks and associated costs.”

Commenting on this association, Vivek Srivastava, Co-Founder and CEO, HCAH said that home recovery is known to be the best choice for physical and mental well-being of patients and speeds up the recovery time. As a quality, home-based medical services provider with strong ethical and social values, we are  adopting this collaboration as a medium to extend personalised service and care to patients in the confines of their respective homes.

According to Dr. Vasundhara Atre, Medical Director, Fortis Hospital, the  partnership will provide quality health care services from providers working together to ensure patients move seamlessly through their recuperation and recovery process.

Dr. Gaurav Thukral, Sr. Vice President & Business Unit Director, HCAH said that with  advancements in modern technology, many medical services can now be done at home that were previously available only at the hospital. Many studies have shown that the effectiveness of treatment given at home is the most satisfying form of health care.