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:
Hospital at Home programs increase capacity, creating additional beds at a lower cost
Hospital at Home programs improve patient satisfaction and outcomes
Hospital at Home programs prioritize inpatient beds for the patients that need them the most
Hospital at Home programs support payers’ and providers’ efforts to reduce the total cost of care
Hospital at home vs traditional hospital care
32%
reduction in total cost of treatment
Sources
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
Shields at Home
Teaming up to bring
your hospital home
Contact us to explore a
Hospital at Home partnership
There has never been a better time to establish a Hospital at Home program. Recent regulatory changes have removed barriers that kept many hospitals and health systems from launching Hospital at Home programs. The CMS Acute Hospital at Home Care at Home Waiver eliminated regulatory hurdles, technological advances have improved remote healthcare capabilities and economics, and both physicians and patients have become more comfortable using telehealth solutions.