Keys to an integrated care at home program
Centralized care delivery focused on patients being treated in the hospital, clinic, or skilled nursing facility is quickly evolving. Patients want to remain in their home. And increasing numbers are able to with around-the-clock remote monitoring and care from experienced, multidisciplinary clinical teams. This is enabled by advancements in monitoring devices, connectivity, and artificial intelligence (AI), allowing clinicians to intervene earlier and prevent adverse events.
In recent years, a growing trend is the increase of hospitals and health systems delivering hospital-level care at home. During 2020 and 2021, staffing shortages and capacity challenges accelerated the consideration of programs that could deliver acute care at home.
Following a hospital admission, most patients want to return and stay home. Recent studies have shown hospitals can improve patient experience and outcomes with post-acute care in the home. Ensuring optimal outcomes for post-discharge patients requires monitoring that yields timely, actionable insights.
Improved management of chronic conditions represents one of the biggest opportunities for care at home programs. Ninety percent of the nation’s $4.1 trillion annual healthcare costs are attributed to managing chronic conditions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A major shift is now occurring. In the coming years, a hospital or clinic will no longer be the expected — or even the preferred — care setting. Growing evidence and experience are proving that care at home is no longer an aspirational vision, but rather a patient and clinician-preferred reality.
In this guide, we share insights gathered from health systems about best practices when launching and managing a care at home program. We also look at how platforms can deliver an improved care experience through an agile, flexible, and robust offering of technology, clinical expertise, and in-home services.
“Clinical need and patient preference, enabled by technology, are advancing the care at home revolution continuum.” across the care
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