Innovations in Home Infusion: What Makes Naven Health Next-Level

What is home infusion?

Home infusion is the process of administering a medication through a needle or catheter in a location other than a hospital or clinic, such as the patient’s home. Infusion services provided outside of a medical facility allow a patient more flexibility to continue with their normal activities, such as work, school, and hobbies while continuing their therapy. Home infusion is a safe and effective alternative to inpatient care to treat a variety of disease states.

Why are infusions performed at the patient’s home?

For patients that require long-term treatment, inpatient care is not only extremely expensive, but it also prevents the individual from continuing their everyday life. There have been advances in home infusion technology that allow safe and effective administration of infusion therapies in the patient’s home that allows a comprehensive medical therapy that is much less costly compared to inpatient treatment in a hospital or clinic. For many individuals, receiving treatment at their home is preferable to inpatient care.

What diseases can be treated with home infusion?

Home infusion services can treat a broad range of disease states, both acute and chronic. Below are some examples of therapy segments that Naven Health treats:

Anti-Infectives

Anti-infectives can treat conditions such as abscesses, bacteremia, cystic fibrosis, endocarditis, pneumonia, chronic sinusitis, post-op infections, shingles, herpes virus, HIV, GI infections, etc.

Immune Globulin (IVIG)

IVIG treatments will treat conditions such as autoimmune disorders, idiopathic diseases, and certain cancers.

Hydration

Hydration infusion services would treat things like fevers, diarrhea, drug intoxication, hypercalcemia cancer, or postural tachycardia syndrome.

Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)

TPN treatment will be used for conditions such as Crohn’s disease, cystic fibrosis, bowel obstruction, GI Tract cancer, Ulcerative Colitis, Pancreatitis, and other intestinal disorders.

Inotropic

Inotropic therapy treats advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure.

Pain Management

Pain management therapy can be used for conditions like fibromyalgia, neuropathy, post-stroke pain, headaches, CRPS, phantom limb pain, cancer pain, chronic pelvic pain, diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy, and peripheral nerve injury.

Enzyme Replacement

Enzyme replacement therapy is a treatment that replaces enzymes that are missing or deficient in the human body. It is often used to treat rare genetic disorders or chronic conditions caused by enzyme malfunction.

Biologic Drugs (Monoclonal Antibodies)

Biologic drug therapies (Monoclonal Antibodies) are clones of your body’s antibodies that help to stimulate your immune system. With over 100 different biologics on the market, they may offer the best treatments for a variety of medical diseases and conditions that have been difficult to treat in the past.

To learn more about the capabilities of Naven Health, please contact us.

How do we ensure safe administration?

Naven Health partners with over 100 specialty pharmacies, pharmaceutical and healthcare partners. To meet industry standards and to help provide next-level care, our nurses provide professional services, including comprehensive patient assessments, adherence to appropriate procedures, drug interaction monitoring, comprehensive onboarding procedures, and ongoing education and continuous improvement programs.

Why choose Naven Health?

Naven Health is a network of over 1,500 highly skilled infusion nurses that demonstrate a strong commitment to quality care. Naven Health nurses have:

• Experience with ultra orphan, rare and chronic disorders
• Infusion/injectable and self-administration training
• Peripheral/CVAD access and de-access devices
• Knowledge of biological infusion/injectable therapies
• CVAD access and maintenance
• Comprehensive list of orientation components
• Annual training

Extraordinary Infusion Nurses, Everywhere

To learn more about our nationwide network of infusion nurses and how they deliver home infusion care with skill, compassion, and comfort, please contact us.