Healthcare Innovation November 12, 2024
Partnership with myLaurel has prevented either initial admission or 15-day readmissions for 92% of patients referred to the program from the ED and observation units
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health says it has successfully piloted a new program designed to deliver acute and transitional care services in the home to avoid low-acuity admissions from the emergency department (ED) and to help reduce readmissions.
Ochsner Health, which has 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers in the Gulf South, launched the Acute Care at Home program at Ochsner Medical Center- New Orleans in March 2024 to enhance patient outcomes, streamline ED operational flow and observation unit throughput, shorten the length of stay, reduce unnecessary hospital utilization, and decrease...
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