While hospital at home is becoming more common in the U.S., there are some who still believe that cancer is too severe a condition to care for in the home. Despite that, there are a number of cancer care at home programs and pilots in place right now, many of which are seeing success. “Just […]
Massachusetts General Hospital
In the view of most health care stakeholders, the hospital-at-home model is here to stay. Still, there are many hurdles that could still prevent widespread adoption. One of these challenges is clinician comfort with the model, according to Ross Armstrong, chief commercial officer at Biofourmis. “‘Am I going to put my license at risk, if […]
While home-based medical care has been shown to reduce hospitalization rates and lower costs for both homebound and non-homebound populations alike, it continues to be drastically underutilized in the current health care ecosystem. As a result, there are millions of older Americans — especially those living in rural areas — who are going without the […]