Home care, hospital associations further collaborative to synchronize care

ALBANY, N.Y. » Home care and hospital association representatives in New York state are working together to further enhance collaboration across their respective settings through a Statewide HospitalHome Care Collaborative.

Home Care Association of New York State Education & Research, Healthcare Association of New York State, and Iroquois Healthcare Association developed the Collaborative in 2020 with support from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, which is also now funding phase II of this initiative, extending the project through 2022.

As part of this effort, HCA E&R, HANYS, and IHA have curated a series of upcoming webinars featuring prototypes of existing hospital and home care collaboration models developed by providers across New York state. The goal is to provide a blueprint that can be adapted to develop similar collaborative models across the state.

The Collaborative will include monthly webinars from September 2021 through March 2022 and a virtual Statewide Summit on Dec. 2, 2021, that will help chart out future directions for post-sector collaboration. A list of upcoming events is available online https://hca-nys.org/statewide-hospital-home-carecollaborative#newwebinars.

To assist hospital-home care collaborative development and provide technical assistance, this initiative also includes a library of online resources and tools, which will continue to build over the project, as well as further education on identified collaboration needs and issues.

Hospitals and home care providers have long worked in a coordinated fashion.