WHY HOSPITAL AT HOME?

A PROGRAM THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE

THE HOSPITAL AT HOME CONCEPT

Delivering inpatient-level care in a home setting has proven effective at increasing care capacity, improving patient satisfaction and optimizing workflows.

Since 2020, more than 200 hospitals have received the CMS waiver to launch Hospital at Home programs. It’s not hard to see why:
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Hospital at home vs traditional hospital care

32%

reduction in total cost of treatment

45%

reduction in readmissions

84%+

reduction in risk of long-term care

19%+

reduction in odds of mortality

22%

increase in patient satisfaction

33%+

reduction in mean length of stay

  • B. Leff, L. Burton, S. L. Mader et al., “Hospital at Home: Feasibility and Outcomes of a Program to Provide Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Older Patients,” Annals of Internal Medicine, Dec. 2005 143(11):798–808.
  • Aimonino Ricauda N, Tibaldi V, Leff B, et al. Substitutive “hospital at home” versus inpatient care for elderly patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56(3):493-500.
  • Federman AD, Soones T, DeCherrie LV, Leff B, Siu AL. Association of a Bundled Hospital-at-Home and 30-Day Postacute Transitional Care Program With Clinical Outcomes and Patient Experiences. JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(8):1033-1040.
  • Caplan GA, Sulaiman NS, Mangin DA, Aimonino Ricauda N, Wilson AD, Barclay L. A meta-analysis of “hospital in the home”. Med J Aust. 2012 Nov 5;197(9):512-9. doi: 10.5694/mja12.10480. PMID: 23121588.
  • Hospital at Home models: Reducing costs and improving outcomes. (2019, November 6). Retrieved from https://www.claconnect.com/resources/articles/2019/hospital at home-models-reducing-costs-and-improving

HOW WE HELP?

  • CUSTOMIZATION
    In program set-up and design

  • OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
    To improve processes and achieve scale

  • INFRASTRUCTURE
    To deploy hospital resources and services to the home

  • DEMONSTRATED OUTCOMES
    Across quality of care and patient satisfaction

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Hospital at Home partnership

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