Fierce Healthcare August 11, 2020
A recent piece in the New York Times looked at how Northwell Health brought the hospital to the home for COVID-19 patients.
Faced with too many COVID-19 patients and too few open beds, clinical teams went mobile to keep homebound patients hydrated, medicated and comforted around the clock. Miami hospitals that are at capacity are considering a similar approach.
This article begs the question: Will in-home clinicians be the key to getting the country through COVID-19?
Having led disaster response across acute, post-acute and in-home settings for the Ebola and SARS outbreaks, various floods and hurricanes, and now COVID-19 at Signify Health, my answer is an unequivocal “yes.” Maintaining the human connection is particularly important for seniors, who we...