mHealth Intelligence July 26, 2023
ChristianaCare’s hospital-at-home program has cared for more than 500 patients since December 2021, resulting in high patient satisfaction and improved outcomes.
Though hospital-at-home programs are becoming more widespread, implementing and sustaining one comes with numerous challenges.
The challenges of deploying these programs can range from developing new clinical workflows to social determinants of health issues, like internet connectivity. But the benefits of these programs, such as their ability to lower readmission risk and healthcare costs, appear to outweigh the challenges.
Hospital-at-home programs have been growing across the country since the launch of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver in November 2020. The waiver enables hospitals to furnish acute, hospital-level care in Medicare beneficiaries’ homes. As of July 12, 290...
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