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MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation
Patient Flow Optimisation

Mobile Inpatient Care @ Home (MIC@Home)

24 April 2026

MIC@Home is a hospital-at-home healthcare model that allows clinically stable patients to receive hospital-level care in the comfort of their home instead of in wards.

The model provides: 

  • Round-the-clock team access to hospital-level care; 

  • Tele/mobile care with remote monitoring; 

  • Clear escalation protocols; 

  • Coordinated home logistics.  

By creating elasticity in hospital bed capacity, MIC@Home relieves acute hospital strain and strengthens pandemic readiness. 

Aim Statement 

To establish MIC@Home as a clinically viable, financially sustainable, value-driven alternative care to regular inpatient care for both generalist and specialist cases.    

Why It Matters 

Hospital capacity is under growing pressure. MIC@Home supports national strategies for capacity expansion and value-based care by shifting suitable patients home without compromising safety. Evidence shows direct admissions deliver more bed savings, laying the foundation for broader “Home-first” care approaches. 

Summary of Project

  • Population: Clinically stable patients requiring acute care who are able to self-care or have adequate caregiver support in the community 

  • Intervention: Enabling regulatory and financing policies for provision of acute level management in community settings 

  • Comparator: Usual inpatient ward care 

  • Outcomes: Comparable clinical efficacy and safety outcomes with comparable resourcing to a general ward setting

  • Stage: Post-mainstreaming implementation 

Why It Matters

Hospital capacity is under growing pressure. MIC@Home supports national strategies for capacity expansion and value-based care by shifting suitable patients home without compromising safety. Evidence shows direct admissions deliver more bed savings, laying the foundation for broader “Home-first” care approaches. 

How It Works

  • MIC-first approach: make MIC@Home the default for established acute use cases with high volume 

  • Service scope: expand appropriately to more patient groups 

  • Cost efficiency: reduce the overall cost of decentralised care provision 

  • Communities of practice: share best practices and sustain learning across providers 

  • Integration: Work with the MOH to embed MIC@Home into value-based care pathways, starting with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). 

Key Results to Date

  • MIC@Home is part of mainstream inpatient service as of 1 April 2024, after 2 years as a sandbox. 

  • 265 MIC@Home beds nationwide as of Sep 2025 

  • Nearly 6000 patients admitted into MIC@Home in FY24, with approximately 24,000 hospital bed days saved.  

  • The MOH-commissioned MIC@Home clinical audit demonstrated that 98.8% of 259 episodes were appropriate and acute, and 100% of cases were clinically safe to be cared for at home. 

  • MOH interim clinical evaluation:  MIC@Home was non-inferior to traditional inpatient care in terms of clinical effectiveness and safety (inpatient mortality, care escalation, 30-day unplanned readmission, 30-day ED reattendance rate).  

  • 85% patient acceptance rates for eligible referred cases during the 2-year MIC@Home Sandbox from FY22-23 

  • >80% patient satisfaction rates reported by participating Sandbox MIC@Home sites. Patient testimonials highlighted that they feel safe as the care teams are proactive and contactable, and that they could rest better in the comfort of their own homes 

Achievements so Far (1H 2025)

In 1QFY2025 alone, implementation has grown from 235 beds to 265 beds nationally with a Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) of 58%. NUHS@Home achieved its cluster target of 100 beds starting July 25. There were approximately 2300 patients recruited with more than >12k hospital bed days saved in this quarter. 

Future Landing Spot (Dec 2026)

  • >300 MIC@Home beds (acute) in operation, with 60-80% Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) 

  • Independent evaluation confirms clinical safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness for MIC@Home (by 1Q2026) 

  • Clarify role of MIC@Home alongside IMH@Home, MIC@NH, palliative services and how they support national strategies 

  • National contract for logistic providers coordinated and awarded 

  • Compile cross-learning and service harmonisation insights for specific HCP groups (nurses, pharmacists, AHPs) 

  • Transition MOHT coordination role to clusters by end FY2026 

Our Partners

MOH: HSD (anchor), NMHO, APO, HAD, HF, HRG 

Clusters:

1) National Healthcare Group (NHG)

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Tan Tock Seng Hospital

2) Singapore Health Services (SingHealth)

(CGH@Home, KKH@Home, SGH@Home, SKH@Home)

Others: NH partners participating in MIC@NH, Private service providers / collaborators 

Key Links:

To learn more, click here: Mobile Inpatient Care @ Home | MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation 

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