Like a shock to the system, the COVID-19 emergency has been a catalyst for major change across the health care continuum. Home-based care providers, in particular, have been forced to evolve in a multitude of ways. As an industry thought leader and expert in aging, Dr. Bill Thomas has always been at the forefront of […]
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As the home care industry continues to seek out ways to evolve and deliver better care to older adults, providers may soon find themselves operating in a largely untapped arena — real estate. That’s according to senior care expert Bill Thomas, one of the masterminds behind the Green House model of smaller senior living properties […]
For decades, home care providers have been working to reduce hospitalizations, a challenging task that has gone largely unrewarded in the medical community. But finally, the industry is starting to recognize home care’s important — but difficult — role in the health continuum of care. “Home care agencies are going to be the big new […]
Intermountain launches home-based clinical care program Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare — a health system with 22 hospitals, more than 180 clinics and its own health insurance plan — is adding home-based clinical care to its list of services. The new offerings, which are set to roll out over the next few months, will include primary care, […]
When Homespire launched in May, the goal of the new private-duty home care model was simple: Use an in-home approach to cut health care costs, reduce rehospitalization rates and prevent emergency room visits for Utah’s rapidly aging population. Six months later, the joint venture between Intermountain Healthcare and Lifesprk is already reaching key benchmarks, most […]
Dr. Bill Thomas is well known for taking on traditional nursing home care through initiatives such as the Green House model. Now, he has introduced two new concepts with the goal of helping people avoid institutional care as they age. At the recent Aging2.0 conference in San Francisco, Thomas formally introduced Minka. A Minka is a small […]