Home Health: A Solution to Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs
A great deal of healthcare can take place in the home, leaving valuable bandwidth available for specialized facilities when they are needed.
A great deal of healthcare can take place in the home, leaving valuable bandwidth available for specialized facilities when they are needed.
After experiencing firsthand the shortcomings of existing public and private programs to treat children's developmental delays, Jen Wirt founded a startup called Coral Care. The company, which announced its official launch on Tuesday, brings pediatric developmental specialty care into families’ homes.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Luna — an at-home physical therapy provider — released a new study on the efficacy of its post-surgery rehabilitation program. The study, which was conducted by the startup, showed that the Luna Pathways program did a good job of reducing patients’ pain, increasing care plan adherence, and decreasing avoidable hospital readmissions and emergency department visits.
Home-based clinical training could enhance skills that are relevant for nurses no matter the care setting. Given the intimate nature of home care, it can be very instructive for understanding the need for a holistic approach to patient care, as well as promoting an empathetic touch.
To address the burden faced by family caregivers across the country, Tomorrow Health CEO Vijay Kedar argues that the U.S. healthcare system should expand its reimbursement for the care they provide. Not only is caregiving physically and emotionally taxing, but it can also cause severe financial strain —many caregivers take time off work and spend their own money to support their loved ones’ care, he explained.
Through a new partnership, MedArrive can now connect its Medicaid patients to Ouma’s maternal care services. When MedArrive’s providers visit patients’ homes, they screen for patients’ needs and will connect them to Ouma if they determine the patients require maternal health support.
Virtual care company TytoCare has received FDA clearance for its wheeze detection algorithm, allowing the company to begin commercializing the product in the U.S. The new algorithm is an expansion of Tyto Insights, the company's AI-powered diagnosis support software.
The majority of health systems now offer some sort of home-based care program, according to a new survey of hospital leaders. The biggest goals of these programs are to improve patient outcomes through reductions in readmissions, hospitalizations and emergency room visits, the report found.
Medically Home partners with health systems to provide care in patients' homes. As long as there is a roof, electricity, running water and a bathroom, the company can offer its services.
With patients choosing to recover and age in the home in record numbers, physicians are being asked to coordinate care with post-acute, home and community-based organizations, and payers at levels never seen previously. This poses a significant challenge for physicians.
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Baxter International, Global Medical Response and Cardinal Health provided the latest round of funding for Boston-based Medically Home, joining Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente as strategic partners.
Signify Health, a company that provides services for value-based care programs, went public on Thursday in an upsized IPO. The company’s stock began trading at $24 per share, above its expected range of $20 to $21 per share.
Multicare rolled out a hospital-at-home program with Denver-based startup Dispatch Health. The program will free up hospital beds and staff as Covid-19 cases surge across the U.S.
In-home primary care startup Heal raised $100 million in funding, led by Humana. Heal plans to use the funds to expand into new markets and expand the breadth of services that it offers.
A proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would expand payments for new dialysis machines when used at-home.