Innovative health care organizations are designing services to meet people where they are — in community settings such as the home, community-based clinics, schools, retail clinics, etc. This encompasses post-acute, specialty, ambulatory and primary care.
The hospital-at-home model has emerged as an innovative and promising approach to provide high quality care to patients in the comfort of their homes.
This issue brief examines the hospital-at-home model and highlights examples of hospitals from across the country successfully implementing hospital-at-home care for their patients.
Many health systems depend on the CMS waiver to sustain their hospital-at-home programs and are struggling to expand or develop long-term.
Retail companies that have invested billions of dollars in providing primary care and health and wellness services have had to make tough decisions about their strategies and futures in the field.
Sentara Health brings care to their communities via neighborhood clinics, mobile vans, even a geographic information system that helps identify populations with the greatest needs and insufficient access to health care and community services.
Presbyterian Healthcare Services found that treating patients at home helps prevent the onset of delirium, reduces fall risk, reduces the risk of infection and allows for increased mobility.
Patients in Brigham Mass General’s hospital-at-home program experienced fewer clinical interventions, more physical activity and comparable patient satisfaction scores as those being cared for in the hospital.