HomeCare June 14, 2024
This hospital care at home meets patients “where they are”
ROCKLEDGE, Florida—Originally created out of a combination of both necessity and opportunity during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health First’s Hospital at Home program has officially reached 1,000 patients—as hospital leaders seek to grow the program as a permanent fixture in medical care.
Established in 2021 initially as a way to open hospital space for COVID patients, Health First was one of the very first health care systems in the state of Florida to develop and operationalize the “hospital outside of the hospital” model, which serves patients who are sick enough to be admitted to a traditional brick and mortar hospital—but stable enough to be given the...