Becker's Healthcare December 10, 2024
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has nearly quadrupled its hospital-at-home capacity in the past year.
Becker’s interviewed Hemali Sudhalkar, MD, national medical director of strategy for Kaiser Permanente’s Care at Home program, about how the health system’s hospital-at-home initiative, which was already one of the biggest in the country, has continued to grow.
Question: What has changed about Kaiser Permanente’s hospital-at-home program in the past year?
Hemali Sudhalkar: We have been developing infrastructure to support the program and expand. All our programs are evolving to develop standard operations within their service areas. We’re also building patient and staff understanding and confidence in the program. In fact, patients are starting to see our advanced care at home programs as a standard...
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