Healthcare IT News April 3, 2024
Andrea Fox

The health system’s new remote acute care unit aims to improve healthcare access and equity for eligible patients with daily clinical home visits and remote patient monitoring through its Medically Home technology.

Hospital patients with conditions like pneumonia, dehydration and heart failure have been shown to experience shorter recovery times with fewer complications when they receive more cost-effective healthcare at home – and many health systems have been preparing for this future.

Boston Medical Center is making a new high-acuity, hospital-at-home service available to help patients recover in the comfort of their homes, the health system announced Wednesday.

Through the service, BMC delivers around-the-clock remote patient monitoring and provides daily physician e-visits, live clinician visits and on-demand access to...

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