The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has launched a new accreditation program to establish industry standards for safety, quality and patient-centered home-based acute health care. It also announced its first accredited organization. As health care organizations adopt new care models that respond to patient preferences, improve patient access and create efficiencies in service delivery, […]
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The rise of in-home alternatives to traditional hospital care is raising concerns about the potential strain these models may place on family caregivers. Under the hospital-at-home (HaH) model, it is essential to ensure that caregivers are not inadvertently overwhelmed with additional tasks and responsibilities that exceed their capacity and resources. DispatchHealth recently conducted a study […]
MedStar Health – a Washington, D.C.-based health system known to value home-based care – is teaming up with DispatchHealth. DispatchHealth originally made a name for itself as a provider of higher-acuity care services in the home. Over the last few years, however, it has dramatically expanded its offerings, and now the company delivers in-home care […]
DispatchHealth — one of the most successful startups in the home-based care space over the last decade — has reportedly laid off 88 employees. The company itself would not confirm the number of employees laid off. “We are focused on supporting our patients and our mission to deliver trusted, compassionate care in the comfort of […]
The hospital-at-home model can help alleviate caregiver stress, and that could be one of the model’s main selling points moving forward. The evidence behind that is from a new DispatchHealth case study, which explored caregiver fatigue within the hospital-at-home model by asking, “Does this innovative care model alleviate or exacerbate caregiver stress?” The results were […]
DispatchHealth’s Advanced Care program — a home-based alternative to hospital care — was able to lower 30-day readmission rates, checking in at almost 50% below the national average. That’s one of the key takeaways from a recent DispatchHealth study, which detailed the outcomes of the company’s Advanced Care program over the course of an 18-month […]
Elara Caring adds chief development officer Elara Caring has named Brent Nash as its chief development officer, a new executive role. Nash will be in charge of maximizing the company’s growth strategy. “At Elara, we’re utilizing a world-class value-based care model and cutting-edge technologies to scale the delivery of home-based care, improving outcomes for patients, […]
Home-based care startups and large payer-provider hybrid companies are not alike in many ways. One way in which they are similar, though, is their belief that they can drive care in the home forward. That’s one takeaway from a recent panel discussion that took place at the 2023 HLTH conference. A company like Humana Inc. […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first announced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model in late July. Home-based care providers have now had time to think about the opportunity the model may bring with it. The goal of the model is to “support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.” […]
At the start of 2023, Reimagine Care had teased two new partnerships that were in the works as the company continued its mission to deliver home-centered, value-based cancer care. One of those partnerships was officially announced this week. Reimagine Care is partnering with DispatchHealth, the Denver-based in-home medical care provider, to offer cancer care beyond […]
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