To admit or refer a patient for Penn Home Infusion Therapy services, the patient must meet the following requirements:
- Physician must refer
- Patient/caregiver must be willing to learn therapy (the registered nurse will not go out for every dose)
- Patient must be compliant with therapy ordered
Physicians, please have the following information ready when ordering infusion therapy services:
- Drug(s)/Dose/Duration/Route
- Type of catheter (if peripherally inserted central catheter, or PICC), length, and number of lumens
- Start of care time (AM or PM)
- If Patient is female: pregnancy/lactation status
- Demographic information (such as patient name, address, and telephone number)
- Patient emergency contact information
- Diagnosis
- Name of the ordering physician
- Name of the physician who will sign orders (if different from ordering physician)
- Patient height, weight, and allergy information (where applicable)
- Inpatient stay dates
- Insurance information (Including secondary, if applicable)
- Desired start of care date
To make a referral to any Penn Medicine at Home entity, please call us toll-free at 866-888-8598.