Effective and Lasting Hospital-at-Home Solutions Require Intentional Innovation and Design
Healthcare IT Today October 15, 2024
The following is a guest article by Jay Mathur, MD, Regional Medical Director at Contessa Health and Inlightened Expert
As a practicing hospitalist designing and delivering hospital-at-home programs across the country, I’m excited about a future where we can expand this kind of care to more Americans. The need to expand the way we deliver care is clear:
- By 2040, about one in five Americans will be age 65 or older
- Not only is the population aging, but people are living longer; the number of Americans ages 100 and older is projected to more than quadruple over the next three decades
- Hospitals are about as full as they ever were during the pandemic; at least three-quarters...