Home Health Care News October 14, 2020
Last November, in-home care provider DispatchHealth partnered with a payer and launched Advanced Care, its own hospital-at-home model.
The initial results of that model are in, after the provider “hospitalized” 27 patients within their own homes.
Of the patients treated at home by DispatchHealth’s team, none were readmitted to the hospital within a 30-day period, none died unexpectedly and none experienced a serious safety event. Additionally, only 7% of cases were escalated to the emergency department.
Another major result that further underscores the value of hospital-at-home models: DispatchHealth’s Advanced Care saved an average of $6,200 per individual by keeping them away from a traditional hospital setting.
“We’ve been successful in helping our patients with complex medical needs avoid unnecessary hospital...
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