Rowan Medicine House Calls currently serves the following communities: Mount Laurel Cherry Hill Stratford Please call 609-704-0106 for more information. House Calls Program Rowan Medicine health care providers are faculty members of the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Kennedy Health is the principal hospital of Rowan Medicine. Other affiliated hospitals and health systems include: Lourdes Health System Inspira Health Network Cooper University Hospital Meridian Health System Christ Hospital and Atlantic Health System 9/16 rowanmedicine.com 609-704-0106 Rowan Medicine House Calls brings your health care provider to your home. We know that going to see patients where they live – in their own home – is good medicine. Our health care team will provide comprehensive, continuing care all in the comfort of the patient’s home. During the home visit, our physicians and nurse practitioners provide personalized attention to the patient, which is particularly important for patients with chronic illnesses or other health problems, as well as those who have experienced a recent hospitalization. How do House Calls differ from Services Do I qualify? office visits? The House Calls health care team provides You can qualify for House Calls if you House calls allow us to get to know our ongoing primary care and follow-up visits to cannot leave home without considerable patients, their home, their families and homebound patients. Services include: taxing effort. Some examples include: caregivers. We interact with home health nurses and other therapists involved in • In-home full medical evaluation • You require the aid of supportive the patient’s care when necessary. • Evaluation of daily function devices such as a cane, walker, House calls do take more time for the • Mental status evaluation wheelchair, etc. health care team. During the home visit, • Routine laboratory tests • You require the use of special the physician or nurse practitioner can • Evaluation of the home environment transportation give more personalized attention to the for safety • You need the assistance of patient. This is particularly important if • Discussion of living arrangements, another person the patient is discharged from a hospital family support, community services, • You have a condition where leaving or nursing home and can benefit from and how to access emergency services, home may not be medically advised the close follow-up care provided by the House Calls team. Often, this if needed individualized care can prevent For more information, call re-hospitalization soon after discharge. 609-704-0106. For more information, call 609-704-0106..