Hospital at home: Delivering hospital-level care without the hospital

Despite more than 20-year history and extensive evidence supporting Hospital at Home safety and efficacy, the model has not been widely adopted in the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic amplified interest in Hospital at Home by creating an urgent need for flexible hospital bed capacity and heightening concerns about hospital care safety.

This article published in The Hospitalist provides an overview of Hospital at Home history and efficacy, and examines what it takes to successfully implement the model.

Short term, Hospital at Home offers a solution to create flexible hospital bed capacity and deliver safe hospital-level care for vulnerable populations. Long term, it may be the solution that helps achieve better care for individuals, better health for populations and lower health care costs.