Newly merged Dignity-CHI health system offers patients home recovery care services

CommonSpirit Health, the Chicago-based health system that formed from the merger between Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives, has teamed up with a company called Contessa to introduce a new home care option.

Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Contessa operates risk-based Home Recovery Care models for acute care, post-acute care and surgical procedures. As part of these models, a registered nurse conducts in-home visits and patients receive access to a care coordinator who is available 24/7. Patients also get medical education from nurses and access to virtual, in-home visits from...