Becker's Healthcare February 13, 2025
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth recently brought on a former leader from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to help build its hospital-at-home program.
The 50-plus-hospital system rolled out acute hospital care at home in January from its AdventHealth Winter Park (Fla.) facility (patients have to come from the hospital). The initiative has since treated a handful of patients, with a goal of reaching an average daily census of 20 to 30 in the next year.
“AdventHealth did a lot of homework,” Maura Nazario, MSN, RN, vice president of clinical operations for AdventHealth’s home-based services, told Becker’s. “They understood from the Mayo Clinics of the world, the Mass General Brighams, what it takes to launch a program like this.”
Ms. Nazario herself worked...