MedCity News March 27, 2024
At HIMSS24, Heather O’Sullivan, Mass General Brigham’s president of healthcare at home, said that the health system wants to move 10% of all its medical patients to the home. She argued that there is “no greater model of care for being patient-centric,” and highlighted the care modality’s ability to alleviate burnout for some healthcare workers.
Mass General Brigham wants to move 10% of all its medical patients to the home, said Heather O’Sullivan, the health system’s president of healthcare at home, during an interview this month at HIMSS in Orlando.
“That’s just our starting point. There’s actually research out there that shows that 30-40% of all care provided in the U.S. today can be moved to the home, but that’s...