Becker's Healthcare August 16, 2023
The home might grow noisy and crowded in the years to come.
One of healthcare’s few likelihoods for any strategic plan is that, more and more, medical care once delivered in brick-and-mortar facilities will move into patients’ homes. But as comforting as that well-accepted probability may be in an industry eager for any sense of certainty, it still comes with its fair share of question marks.
The boon of home care will be driven by a culmination of advances in digital health capabilities and more favorable payment. Home care volumes are projected by Sg2 to rocket by 20 percent over the next 10 years, while inpatient hospital volumes are set to increase by 2 percent in the same...