Tradeoffs Series Podcast: Home Sweet Hospital
Tradeoffs podcast series has released a new podcast, "Home Sweet Hospital" about hospital-at-home programs.
This podcast series explores the U.S. health care system and delves into the pros, cons, and consequences of potential solutions. This episode focuses on hospital-at-home programs. Experts have long believed that the home is a safer, better and cheaper place to treat patients for certain conditions that typically require hospitalization, but hospital-at-home programs have been slow to grow in the U.S. With the pandemic putting new pressure on the capacity and finances of hospitals, this decades-old model is receiving a surge in new interest. The episode includes an interview with Bruce Leff, MD, Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research at Johns Hopkins, about Hospital at Home.
To listen to the podcast, click here.
To learn more about the episode's sources, click here.
For another recent piece related to Hospital at Home, Kaiser Health News' article, At-Home Care Designed For COVID Likely Here To Stay At Cleveland Hospital, click here.
