It’s possible for patients to receive hospital-level care inside their homes. HealthPartners Hospital@Home director Tia Radant and medical director Dr. Chrisanne Timpe talk about the program’s evolution as “the virtual unit,” which types of patients are ideal candidates for getting acute care at home, and the role community paramedics and other care team members play in treating patients.
Producer's note: In this episode, Dr. Chrisanne Timpe says, "The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services collected data for about three years on how these programs were doing nationally. And in that data with tens of thousands of patients, when they compared Hospital@Home groups to equally matched in brick and mortar treated groups, they showed that, for several diagnoses, there were reduced readmissions. But most importantly for somebody like me, there is a 20% chance of ending up needing a skilled nursing facility after hospitalization for frail elders for people who are in the brick and mortar, compared to 2.5%." The correct number is even lower: 1.2% for people in Hospital@Home, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Hosts: Kari Haley, MD, and Steven Jackson, MD
Guests: Tia Radant and Dr. Chrisanne Timpe
HealthPartners website: Off the Charts podcast
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