FOR PATIENTS & FAMILIES
Specialty Care for Every Step of Your Recovery
While you're in a rehab facility, our local Maryland cardiac and orthopedic specialists visit you on-site and work with your care team, so you can skip trips to outside appointments. When you go home, our transitional care team supports you for the first 30 days.
Cardiac Care
Our cardiology nurse practitioners visit your facility every week and work with the medical team and your cardiologist.
What We Do
Heart failure checks every week to catch warning signs early
Medication management, including heart medications and water pills, as your condition changes
Heart rhythm testing (EKGs, heart monitors, echocardiograms) started right in the facility
AFib and blood thinner management, including guidance before procedures
Heart clearance for low- to moderate-risk procedures
How It Helps You
Fewer trips back to the hospital or ER
Cardiology follow-up without leaving the facility
Clear guidance for you and your family on diet, daily weights, and warning signs to watch for
What We Do
Post-surgery follow-up: incision checks, suture removal, and x-rays to track healing
Fracture monitoring with x-rays taken at your bedside
New pain or falls checked at your bedside, with x-rays if needed
Rehab support: guidance on weight-bearing, range of motion, splints, and braces, working with your physical and occupational therapists
Orthopedic Care
Our orthopedic physician assistants and nurse practitioners visit your facility every week and work with your therapists, the medical team, and your surgeon.
How It Helps You
No outside clinic trips during your stay, so you can focus on rehab
Wound problems caught early
A recovery that stays on schedule, with fewer ER visits and readmissions
Support After You Go Home
The first weeks after leaving the hospital or rehab are when patients are most likely to end up back in the hospital, and most of those trips are preventable. Our nurse navigator and nurse practitioners support you until you see your primary care doctor or specialist.
What's Included
Discharge review: we go over your instructions, medications, and needs
Medication help: we explain any changes and how and when to take each one
Care coordination: we keep your doctors updated and help you track your appointments
Fewer trips: visits where you're staying, when available
How It Helps You
Problems caught early, before they become complications
Confidence about your medications
One team keeping your doctors on the same page
Still in your change to rehab facility?
Call (443) 400-5221 now so we're ready when you go home.
YOUR FIRST 30 DAYS
What to Expect After You Go Home
DAY 1
You Go Home
We receive your discharge records, and you leave with our phone number.
WITHIN 2 BUSINESS DAYS
We Call You
A nurse checks on how you're feeling, reviews your medications, and helps with any problems.
WITHIN 7–14 DAYS
Your Video Visit
Your nurse practitioner reviews your symptoms and progress and looks for early signs of trouble.
THROUGH DAY 30
We Stay with You
Check-ins as needed, medication adjustments, and updates to your primary care doctor.
Testimonials
“After a fall, I was transferred from the hospital to subacute rehab on November 11, 2024. I had severe spinal stenosis, but without a real understanding of my diagnosis or a plan to treat it — that changed when I met Karen Pipkin, CRNP, who saw me at the rehab facility. She explained my diagnosis and escalated my care. Her knowledge of orthopedics and spine was obvious.
She connected me with Dr. Speciale, a highly regarded spine surgeon, and worked with his office to schedule my surgery as soon as possible. I had surgery on December 9. Karen followed my recovery at the rehab center to check for complications and make sure I was gaining strength and balance again. Her encouragement was contagious, and her visits kept me going.
I went home on December 30. On January 7, Karen came to my home to make sure my follow-up care was in place, and it started three days later. I’m grateful for the care and concern she showed me every step of the way.”
Joanne G. Chester, MD
"Having an orthopedic specialist on our care team during our acute rehab stay was key. Having a mother with a broken back followed by a broken hip presented very specific care needs and expertise. We felt confident taking her home after our stay because we were set up for success through our work with the orthopedic provider."
Dot A., Crofton, Maryland
“Karen is a wonderful combination of caring, knowledge and decisiveness — a mix, important to me at a critical time in my life! Her ability to cut through the medical and conflicting fog with a precision vision for my treatment was a life saver for me!”
Donald M. Severna Park, MD
CARE AND PARTNERSHIP ACROSS MARYLAND
Ready to Connect with Advita Health?
Patients
Leaving the hospital soon? We support your recovery through the critical first month at home, and longer if needed. We offer telemedicine visits throughout Maryland and in-home nurse practitioner visits in select areas of Queen Anne's County.
Family & Caretakers
Reach out while your loved one is still in the hospital. We'll coordinate with their medical team and your family to plan a smooth transition home, so you have expert support and peace of mind.
Facilities & Providers
Partner with Advita to give your residents expert cardiac and orthopedic care plus transitional care support. The result: better outcomes, smoother transitions, fewer avoidable ER visits and readmissions, and less unnecessary medical travel.