For elderly, homebound or immobile patients, access to medical care can be challenging. A new, innovative service, founded by a Mississippi University for Women assistant professor of nursing, is bringing health care into the home.
Working as a complement to a patient's primary care physician, the Golden Triangle Geriatric Collaborative, developed by MUW's Mary Atkinson Smith, delivers in-home health care services by a staff of board-certified nurse practitioners. Patients are referred by hospi
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