Martin Elliott, Gina Rinetti-Vargas, Patricia Kipnis, Ariel R Herm, Kent Wong, Agnieszka Witkowski, Jesica Deputy, Vivian Reyes, Fernando Barreda, Laura C Myers, Vincent X Liu
Background Hospital at Home (H@H) programs-which seek to deliver acute care within a patient's home-have become more prevalent over time. However, existing literature exhibits heterogeneity in program structure, evaluation design, and target population size, making it difficult to draw generalizable conclusions to inform future H@H program design. Objective The objective of this work was to develop a quality improvement evaluation strategy for a H@H program-the Kaiser Permanente Advanced Care at Home (KPACAH) program in Northern California-leveraging electronic health record data, chart review, and patient surveys to compare KPACAH patients with inpatients in traditional hospital settings...
October 27, 2023: Permanente Journal