Healthcare DIVE June 5, 2020
Dive Brief:
- Intermountain Healthcare has launched a service to provide hospital-level care in patients’ homes for certain conditions like congestive heart failure, infections and some cancer diagnoses.
- The service is in partnership with the system’s value-based care spinoff Castell and builds on previous efforts to move more treatment into the home. It was accelerated by the pandemic and preparation for potential surges of COVID-19 patients, according to a statement published Thursday.
- Eligible patients will go through orientation at a hospital first and then receive in-person and virtual check-ins from nurses and doctors. They will be provided with a remote monitoring kit as well as other home health equipment suited to their diagnosis.
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