Here are three health systems that launched or announced plans to launch a "hospital-at-home" program:
- Tacoma, Wash.-based St. Joseph Medical Center, part of Tacoma-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, is launching a new at-home care program through a partnership with recovery company Contessa.
- Orlando (Fla.) Health entered into an agreement with global technology-enabled care delivery provider Biofourmis to use its tools to power its hospital-at-home program. Orlando Health's hospital-at-home program, which is slated to launch in early 2023, will use Biofourmis tools that can continuously collect vital signs and physiologic signals.
- Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health launched Home Hospital on Jan. 18. The program provides patients with acute conditions hospital-level care in their homes.