NYT: Are Hospitals Becoming Obsolete?
The New York Times article, "Are Hospitals Becoming Obsolete?," discusses innovative health care models outside of the hospital including the hospital-at-home model.
"Studies have shown that patients with heart failure, pneumonia and some serious infections can be given intravenous antibiotics and other hospital-level treatments at home by visiting nurses. These “hospital at home” programs usually lead to more rapid recoveries, at a lower cost."
The New York Times op-ed points out that "we should welcome the advances that are making hospitals less important. Any change in the health care system that saves money and makes patients healthier deserves to be celebrated."
To read the article, click here.
To learn more about Hospital at Home, click here.
The John A. Hartford Foundation has supported the early development of the Hospital-at-Home model and is currently funding work at Mount Sinai in New York to help spread the model to more sites.
