Jennifer Parello

Director of Content, AHA Center for Health Innovation

Articles

AHA Center for Health Innovation, Hospital at Home

3 Strategies for Scaling Hospital at Home — from Leaders Who've Done It

A major study published this spring in JAMA Network Open analyzed outcomes for nearly 16,000 Medicare beneficiaries and found that hospital-at-home patients had dramatically lower in-hospital mortality — 0.4% compared to 3.6% for traditional inpatients — along with fewer ED visits within 30 days, lower rates of ICU escalation and hospital-associated complications, and lower post-discharge costs.