Hospital-at-Home Healthcare is Here to Stay
While the number of consumers undergoing in-home Healthcare services is still in its early days, the industry is growing rapidly. A hospital-at-home care program can help a patient transition from the emergency room to a regular doctor's visit. This model can also be used for chronic disease management, which can ease the transition from the hospital to home. While the technology is still developing, there are certain steps that providers should take to ensure a smooth transition.
One key barrier to at-home hospital care is time. Physicians must be careful in their referrals. This model has worked well in other countries, and Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, has been operating it since 1994. The program, described in the book Hospital at Home: Step by Step, can provide an ...