WORCESTER, Mass. - UMass Memorial Health's new Hospital at Home program will offer patients specific care, along with any services offered at the hospital. Nurses will deliver medications and in-home care twice each day, and doctors will visit patients via telehealth at least once each day.

Other services available will include monitoring remote vital signs, food, supplies and care coordination delivery, and providers and EMS services will be on call. Patients can receive respiratory care and diagnostic care, as well as transportation to testing can also be provided.

"These are patients who need to be admitted to a hospital, but they're stable patients," Candra Szymanski, registered nurse and interim AVP for the Hospital at Home program, said. "There's nothing like being cared for in the privacy and comfort of your own home. Essentially if you're inpatient, in a hospital without the bricks and mortar, we are going to bring everything to you and take care of you at home."

The program accepted its first patient Tuesday. They're hoping to have five by the end of August and 10 by September.