Home Health Care News November 12, 2024
Audrie Martin

Ochsner Health, a nonprofit health system based in New Orleans, recently announced the results of a strategic partnership to deliver acute and transitional care services at home. This initiative is designed to prevent low-acuity admissions from emergency departments and help reduce readmissions after patient discharge.

In March 2024, Ochsner Health partnered with myLaurel to launch the Acute Care at Home program at Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans. The program focuses on improving patient outcomes, streamlining the operational flow of emergency departments, enhancing observation unit throughput, shortening hospital stays, reducing unnecessary hospital use and decreasing readmission rates.

myLaurel, based in New York, specializes in home-based acute and transitional care tailored to the needs of frail, elderly and complex patients.

The partnership has...

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