Poor Communication Between Home Health, Doctors Leaves Patients ‘Lost in the Wilderness’

Despite ongoing efforts to provide seamless transitions of care, patients’ journeys from hospital to home still remain full of gaps. Persistent, systemic lapses in communication between doctors, home health providers and patients may be largely to blame. Continuity in care, when achieved, gives patients greater confidence, engagement and trust in the overall medical care being […]

Home Health Expenditures Have Remained Largely Flat Overall

Overall spending related to home health hasn’t changed much over the past two decades despite a national uptick in other kinds of medical expenditures, according to a new study from theAnnals of Family Medicine. On the whole, total medical expenditures outpaced the rate of inflation. Costs increased by 47.2%, from roughly $246 per individual per month […]