Becker's Healthcare December 6, 2024
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has launched one of the first hospital-at-home programs to serve rural patients.
Here are eight things to know, according to a Becker’s interview with Susan Jarvis, COO of Sanford Health’s Fargo, N.D., market:
1. The health system admitted its first acute hospital care at home patient Nov. 5 in its Fargo market.
2. Sanford Health plans to start with an average daily census of five patients and expand to 12 to 16 in the near future.
3. The initiative will serve patients located within a 25- to 30-mile radius of Fargo, which Ms. Jarvis said gets pretty rural. What Sanford leaders learn from this program will inform future rural expansion; Ms. Jarvis predicts staffing will...
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