Healthcare Innovation November 22, 2021
Emory Healthcare among health systems partnering with Luna to provide in-home PT
One of the key trends of 2021 is the shift of care to the home setting, ranging from acute hospital at home to skilled nursing at home. Now physical therapy has jumped on the bandwagon, too.
Georgia-based Emory Healthcare has partnered with a California company called Luna to bring outpatient physical therapy treatment to patients’ homes. Luna says its turnkey service helps health systems like Emory improve the profitability of their rehabilitation services by expanding access to care, improving adherence, enhancing patient experience, and reducing referral leakage.“The pandemic really accelerated the way we think about off-site care,” said Scott Boden, M.D., director of the Emory Orthopaedics &...