Babies with single ventricle congenital heart disease often need a series of procedures in their first four to six months of life. The Safe at Home Program at Children's Health℠ enables some of these babies to live at home rather than staying at the hospital between their first and second surgery.
During this time, families are in close contact with a multidisciplinary team who teach families how to care for their child and how to monitor important data on their child’s condition every day. This team includes a cardiologist, Safe at Home Advanced Care Provider (APP), dedicated Safe at Home social worker, dietitian, speech therapist and psychologist.
We are members of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative, a network of care centers focused on improving outcomes for children with heart disease. When these babies are cared for at home between their first two heart operations, they have better early development and other outcomes.
