AMA July 18, 2023

Introduction

Building on existing playbooks and resources supporting digitally enabled care, the American Medical Association conducted research to explore the different ways health care is and can be provided in the home.

Today the majority of care services are delivered in clinics, physicians’ offices and facilities. With an increasing disease burden and an aging population, health systems are experiencing hospital beds and clinics at capacity, physicians and care teams who are overextended and burnt out, and higher per patient expenditures than anywhere else in the world. There is a desire to provide higher quality care and improve access, clinical outcomes and experiences.

Delivering care in the home has emerged as not only a possible solution to points of...

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