Weekly Clips – Feb 5
The Gerontologist – Acute, Post-acute, and Primary Care Utilization in a Home-Based Primary Care Program During COVID-19
The Gerontologist – Acute, Post-acute, and Primary Care Utilization in a Home-Based Primary Care Program During COVID-19: (February, 2021) – Changes in care utilization by persons in advanced illness management (AIM) programs demonstrate decreased acute and post-acute utilization, while maintaining high levels of connectedness among a cohort of homebound older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with [...]
CJASN – The Mobile Health Readiness of People Receiving In-Center Hemodialysis and Home Dialysis
CJASN – The Mobile Health Readiness of People Receiving In-Center Hemodialysis and Home Dialysis A study of nearly 1,000 patients examined the status and correlates of mobile health readiness among individuals on dialysis. The study found 81 percent of respondents owned smartphones or other internet-capable devices, and 70 percent reported intermediate or advanced mobile health proficiency. The results [...]
An Integrated Mobile Acute Care Service Enhances Value
An Integrated Mobile Acute Care Service Enhances Value A study on DispatchHealth’s ER model in the home with Baystate Health. In-home mobile care for high-acuity illness can prevent unnecessary ED and hospital use for some patients and is associated with high patient satisfaction. Acute mobile care is a useful component of a value-based care strategy.
Home Care Association of America: The Value of Home Care
Home Care Association of America: Caring for America's Seniors: The Value of Home Care Caring for America's Seniors: The Value of Home Care provides information on the growing and critical role of professional home care in the United States in response to the millions of aging Americans who will need care. The report shines a [...]
Reimagining the Way Healthcare is Delivered
This case study dives into how MultiCare: Came to the conclusion they needed an innovative approach to break the readmission cycle Integrated the new service within the health system to provide high acuity medical care in the home Treated patients at an appropriate level of care to realize $1,509 in cost savings per patient Provided [...]
The Value of Home Health Care
BY TOM DASCHLE & BILL FRIST June 3, 2020 Former Senators and Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist issued an op-ed noting the importance of home-based care and technologies to enable home-based care. The former Sens. call for policymakers to think, “beyond essential medical services and consider the non-medical drivers of health that are often [...]
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Home-Based Primary Care Interventions
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Home-Based Primary Care Interventions The comparative effectiveness report showed that hospital-at-home patients had an 8.6 percent lower 30-day readmission rate compared to 15.6 percent readmission rate for the control group of acute-care hospital patients. Additionally, hospital-at-home patients had an 5.8 percent 30-day emergency department re-visit rate versus an [...]