HealthLeaders Media November 9, 2023
The Boston-based health system is the third to collaborate with the retailer on programs that shift care from the hospital to the home.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Acute care at home programs, which have become popular since the pandemic, combine digital health and telehealth with daily in-person visits, enabling selected patients to be treated at home rather than in a hospital bed.
– Best Buy Health offers health systems a consumer-facing platform, helping to assess a patient’s home, select the right medical equipment for home-based care, and train patients on using the technology, as well as giving them on-demand technical support.
– Healthcare executives see the partnership as an opportunity to outsource technical and supply chain aspects of the program and...