Politico May 13, 2024
Hospitals have a new message for patients: Stay home.
Empowered by Washington and armed with Covid-inspired health innovations, health executives seek to increasingly move care outside of the hospital — despite the seeming risk to their bottom line, Daniel reports.
Hospital leaders are building their telehealth offerings and hospital-at-home programs. They’re also creating new lines of business and selling proprietary artificial intelligence tools they’ve developed.
Their aim: To make their systems more efficient and solidify their finances.
“It’s a real game changer for us … [and] one of the silver linings to the pandemic,” John Couris, president and CEO of the Florida Health Sciences Center in Tampa, said of Congress’ support for remote care. “We’re all trying to diversify our...