Topic: Virtual wards

Virtual wards - statistics and facts

Virtual wards, also known as hospital at home, have been touted as having the potential to revolutionize healthcare. Through technology, patients are provided with hospital care in the comfort of their homes. This also offers the benefit of freeing beds in hospitals for those requiring a higher and more urgent level of care. Further benefits that have been cited are improved patient outcomes and lower health service costs. Care is maintained by daily reviews, including virtual rounds or home visits when required. Therefore, remote monitoring tools such as wearables and apps are essential to the whole premise of virtual wards.

U.S. state with the most approved hospitals for acute hospital care at home as of 2024
Texas

Most common diagnosis category in hospital at home programs in the United States
Diseases & disorders of the respiratory system

Virtual ward capacity in England as of March 2025
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Digital health

Future remote monitoring programs perceived to be important in Europe 2022

Digital health

Attitudes towards being treated through a virtual ward in the UK 2023

Home Care & Caregiving

Attitudes towards hospital-at-home care in the U.S. 2023

Virtual care adoption

Preparations of healthcare organizations worldwide for 2025
Preparations of healthcare organizations worldwide for 2025
Share of healthcare organizations who reported preparing the following actions worldwide for 2025
Share of care that can be delivered virtually according to leaders worldwide 2024
Share of care that can be delivered virtually according to leaders worldwide 2024
Share of patient care that can be delivered virtually according to healthcare leaders worldwide as of 2024
Future digital health areas perceived to be important in Europe in 2022, by country
Future digital health areas perceived to be important in Europe in 2022, by country
Distribution of opinions on the most important digital health areas in the next three years in select European countries in 2022
Future remote monitoring programs perceived to be important in Europe 2022
Future remote monitoring programs perceived to be important in Europe 2022
Share of hospitals who ranked the following remote monitoring/virtual care programs to be most important in the near-future in select European countries in 2022
Share of European hospitals investing in digital health areas 2022
Share of European hospitals investing in digital health areas 2022
Share of hospitals making digital health investments in the following areas in the past three years in Europe as of 2022
Healthcare organizations' virtual care adoption in the United States in 2024
Healthcare organizations' virtual care adoption in the United States in 2024
Distribution of virtual care adoption among healthcare organizations in the United States as of 2024
Hospital leaders' opinions on future of virtual nursing in the United States in 2024
Hospital leaders' opinions on future of virtual nursing in the United States in 2024
Distribution of opinion among healthcare leaders regarding virtual nursing becoming integral in inpatient care in the United States as of 2024

Perceptions

Patient experience with at-home monitoring compared to hospital care U.S. 2024
Patient experience with at-home monitoring compared to hospital care U.S. 2024
Distribution of patient experiences with at-home monitoring compared to in a hospital in the United States in 2024
Attitudes towards hospital-at-home care in the U.S. 2023
Attitudes towards hospital-at-home care in the U.S. 2023
Distribution of agreement with the following aspects of hospital-at-home care in the United States in 2023
Likelihood of patients to participate in at-home monitoring in the U.S. 2024
Likelihood of patients to participate in at-home monitoring in the U.S. 2024
Likelihood of patients to participate in hospital at home patient monitoring to get back home sooner in the United States in 2024
Attitudes towards being treated through a virtual ward in the UK 2023
Attitudes towards being treated through a virtual ward in the UK 2023
Distribution of acceptance of being treated through a virtual ward by the NHS in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023
Support for the use of virtual wards compared with knowledge in the UK 2023
Support for the use of virtual wards compared with knowledge in the UK 2023
Support for the use of virtual wards by the NHS in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023, by knowledge of the technology
Attitude towards treatment through a virtual ward in the UK 2023, by age
Attitude towards treatment through a virtual ward in the UK 2023, by age
Opinion of adults on being treated through virtual wards in the United Kingdom as of 2023, by age
Reasons for opposing treatment through a virtual ward in the UK 2023
Reasons for opposing treatment through a virtual ward in the UK 2023
Share of individuals who reported the following reasons for not wanting to be looked after through a virtual ward in the United Kingdom as of 2023

United States

Top conditions patients were monitored for at home in the U.S. 2024
Top conditions patients were monitored for at home in the U.S. 2024
Share of patients who were being monitored at home for the following conditions in the United States in 2024
Number of hospitals for acute hospital care at home in the U.S. 2024, by state
Number of hospitals for acute hospital care at home in the U.S. 2024, by state
Number of approved hospitals for acute hospital care at home in the United States as of 2024, by state
Most common health issues treated by hospital at home U.S. 2022-2024
Most common health issues treated by hospital at home U.S. 2022-2024
Share of episodes of care with the following major diagnostic categories treated by hospital at home in the United States between 2022 and 2024
Hospital at home mortality rates compared with brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
Hospital at home mortality rates compared with brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
30-day mortality rate of hospital at home and comparable brick-and-mortar hospitals in the United States between 2022 and 2024, by diagnosis related group (mortality rate per 1,000)
Hospital at home readmission rates compared with brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
Hospital at home readmission rates compared with brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
30-day all-cause readmission rate of hospital at home and comparable brick-and-mortar hospitals in the United States between 2022 and 2024, by diagnosis related group (readmission rate per 1,000)
Hospital at home average length of stay versus brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
Hospital at home average length of stay versus brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
Average length of stay with hospital at home and comparable brick-and-mortar hospitals in the United States between 2022 and 2024, by diagnosis related group (in days)
Hospital at home post-discharge costs versus brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
Hospital at home post-discharge costs versus brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
Average post 30-day Medicare costs for hospital at home and comparable brick-and-mortar hospital patients in the United States between 2022 and 2024, by diagnosis related group (in U.S. dollars)
Supply and demand for remote nurse practitioner jobs in the U.S.
Supply and demand for remote nurse practitioner jobs in the U.S.
Supply and demand for remote nurse practitioner jobs in the United States from 2016 to 2023

United Kingdom

Virtual ward capacity in England 2023-2025
Virtual ward capacity in England 2023-2025
Virtual ward capacity in England from July 2023 to March 2025
Virtual ward occupancy rate in England 2023-2025
Virtual ward occupancy rate in England 2023-2025
Virtual ward occupancy rate in England from July 2023 to March 2025
Virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by age and ward type
Virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by age and ward type
Distribution of virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by ward type and age group
Virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by ward type and referral route
Virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by ward type and referral route
Distribution of virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by ward type and referral route
Virtual ward patients in England 2023, by ward type and length of stay
Virtual ward patients in England 2023, by ward type and length of stay
Distribution of virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by ward type and length of stay
Patients using hospital at home services in Scotland 2023-2025
Patients using hospital at home services in Scotland 2023-2025
Annual number of patients managed by hospital at home services in Scotland in 2023/24 and 2024/25

Benefits

Perceptions of healthcare organization leaders on the quality of virtual care in 2024
Perceptions of healthcare organization leaders on the quality of virtual care in 2024
Share of healthcare organization leaders who had the following views on the quality of virtual care in 2024
Healthcare leaders and young HCPs' views on benefits of new care delivery models 2023
Healthcare leaders and young HCPs' views on benefits of new care delivery models 2023
Healthcare leaders and young healthcare professionals' views on the benefits of new care delivery models worldwide as of 2023
Travel and environmental impact saved by virtual visits at a U.S. hospital
Travel and environmental impact saved by virtual visits at a U.S. hospital
Estimated travel burden and environmental impact saved through utilization of virtual visits at a US hospital from 2017 to 2022
Remote monitoring intervention success for dementia patients in the U.S. 2022
Remote monitoring intervention success for dementia patients in the U.S. 2022
Comparison of various areas for dementia patients with remote monitoring and those without in the United States as of 2022
United States: impact of virtual healthcare on patient satisfaction in 2023
United States: impact of virtual healthcare on patient satisfaction in 2023
Distribution of impact of virtual healthcare on patient satisfaction in the United States of 2023
Conditions for the success of virtual wards according to NHS staff in the UK 2023
Conditions for the success of virtual wards according to NHS staff in the UK 2023
Share of NHS staff who said the following conditions were important to ensure the success of virtual wards in the United Kingdom as of 2023
Attitudes regarding the collection of health data in the UK 2023
Attitudes regarding the collection of health data in the UK 2023
Share of the public who agreed with the following statements regarding the collection of health data in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2023

U.S. state with the most approved hospitals for acute hospital care at home as of 2024
Texas

Most common diagnosis category in hospital at home programs in the United States
Diseases & disorders of the respiratory system

Virtual ward capacity in England as of March 2025
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- Mortality rate for respiratory infections and inflammations with MMC in hospital at home programs in the United States 2024 (per 1,000)
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Hospital at home mortality rates compared with brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
- Average length of stay for respiratory infections and inflammations with MMC in hospital at home programs in the United States 2024
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Hospital at home average length of stay versus brick-and-mortar hospitals U.S. 2024
- Main referral route of virtual ward patients with circulatory diseases in England
- Acute hospital inpatient department
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Virtual ward patients in England in 2023, by ward type and referral route

- Share who support the use of virtual wards among those with a great deal of knowledge of the technology in the UK
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Support for the use of virtual wards compared with knowledge in the UK 2023
- Share of over 65 year olds willing to be treated through a virtual ward in the UK 2023
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Attitude towards treatment through a virtual ward in the UK 2023, by age
- Main reason why respondents were unwilling to be treated through a virtual ward in the UK
- Prefer being face-to-face with those taking care of them
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Reasons for opposing treatment through a virtual ward in the UK 2023
- Share of patients who reported a positive experience with at-home monitoring in the United States 2024
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Patient experience with at-home monitoring compared to hospital care U.S. 2024

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Virtual wards - statistics and facts

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