Levine and team enrolled 91 adult patients into the trial.Įach participant had been admitted via the emergency department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital or Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital with acute conditions that included infection, worsening heart failure, worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma, that lived within 5 miles of the hospital.
Models vary, but generally patients seen in the emergency room that require hospital-level care are given the option of intensive care at home,” said Thomas Cornwell, MD, founder of Northwestern Medicine HomeCare Physicians and chief executive officer, Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI). “Hospital at Home (HaH) as the name states, cares for hospital-eligible patients at home. The findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine today. However, a pilot study by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston finds that the home hospital model can potentially improve care while reducing costs. There are also the constant check-ins from nurses or physicians that can disrupt sleep.Īdditionally, when in a hospital, people are stuck in their hospital beds and many experience negative health impacts from this physical inactivity. You can face the danger of complications, like bleeding or infection. People check into the hospital expecting to get better, but there are risks - and some even wind up getting sicker.
HAS GONE HOME HOSPITAL TRIAL
Trial participants receiving hospital care in their homes had a 70 percent lower rate of readmission to the hospital.
The cost of care was nearly 40 percent lower.A new study found that the home hospital model can potentially improve care while reducing costs.Share on Pinterest A new pilot program allowed people who would normally be hospitalized to stay home.
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