Healthcare DIVE March 7, 2023
Dive Brief:
- Regional health system Atrium Health is partnering with tech retailer Best Buy to co-design hospital-at-home programming, to bolster Atrium’s existing hospital-at-home program and sell to other hospital clients down the line.
- The partnership, announced Tuesday, aims to combine Atrium’s hospital-at-home program and existing telemedicine infrastructure with Best Buy Health, the retailer’s healthcare vertical that includes care-at-home business Current Health, along with its home installation and supply chain capabilities.
- The Atrium and Best Buy partnership seeks to improve some aspects of hospital-at-home programs that can be particularly tricky for operators, like patient education and technology installation in the home. Financial terms of the multi-year partnership were not disclosed.
Dive Insight:
Hospital-at-home programs allow patients to receive acute-level...