Medical Care at Home Comes of Age
Provides an overview of home-based medical care models, the patients that they serve, and their robust evidence base.
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The Complex Care Hospitalist Program at Boston Medical Center
Caroline Morgan Berchuck, MD, describes a promising new complex care hospitalist model that aims to address this fragmentation and support people with complex needs in realizing better health outcomes.
Blog
March 2019
The Holston Medical Group Extensivist Clinic: Delivering Hospital-Level Care in an Ambulatory Setting
Dr. Neglia and The Holston Medical Group have established a unique program that cares for acutely ill patients in an ambulatory setting even though their illnesses would qualify for an inpatient hospitalization.
Blog
January 2019
A New Hospitalist Model for Managing High-Cost, High-Need Patients
A hospitalist model for complex care.
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Atrius Health’s Medically Home Program Integrates Acute Hospitalization and Post-Discharge Care
A new care delivery model of providing hospital-level services in the home (sometimes referred to as “home hospitalization” or “hospital at home”) has been launching with pilots at a number of health systems nationally.
Blog
November 2018
Academic Medical Centers and High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Call to Action
This resource describes how academic medical centers can reshape the health system for patients with complex needs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Are You Missing Opportunities to Improve Care for Older Adults?
Four key interventions are essential to create an age-friendly system of care. If care providers consistently do these four things for every older adult, every time, across care settings, we believe we will save lives and avoid harm.
Blog
January 2018
Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems – A Vision for Better Care of Older Adults
An ambitious initiative seeks to systematically improve care for older adults.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Complex Care Models to Achieve Accountable Care Readiness: Lessons from Two Community Hospitals
Case studies of two community hospitals show how to advance accountable care.
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High-Intensity Telemedicine Decreases Emergency Department Use for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions by Older Adult Senior Living Community Residents
Telemedicine could expand access to acute illness care and reduce ED visits for older adults
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The Hospital at Home Model: Bringing Hospital-Level Care to the Patient
The program offers a lower-cost alternative to the hospital for patients who can be safely treated at home.
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