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Hospitals are seeing higher acuity patients, struggling to discharge to post-acute care settings, report finds

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals are finding it harder to place patients into post-acute care settings, a new report finds. | The number of referrals to nursing homes and home health agencies per patient has increased over the last year, as has patient acuity. At the same time, referral rejection rates are also on the rise.

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Acute care telemedicine company SOC Telemed set to go public as part of SPAC deal

FierceHealthIT

Acute care telemedicine company SOC Telemed set to go public as part of SPAC deal. Wed, 07/29/2020 - 15:31.

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care.ai, Virtua Health partner to expand the hybrid care providers' virtual care offerings

Mobi Health News

The New Jersey-based provider will ultimately integrate care.ai's ambient sensors and Smart Care Facility Platform into its acute care settings enterprise-wide.

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6 Benefits of Inpatient Virtual Care for Acute Care Settings

Health Recovery Solutions

Inpatient virtual care , a new approach to acute patient care, is designed to enhance patient outcomes and satisfaction , streamline clinical workflows , and improve the overall quality of inpatient care by leveraging the tools and technologies of remote care.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

In some parts of the world, such as Australia and Norway, “in-person at-home acute care has gained signification traction and has been offered in most hospitals for over 15 years,” the authors note. The proliferation of such wearable sensors and remote patient monitoring technologies helps set the technology stage for HaH.

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Solidifying Home Care in the Healthcare Continuum: Embracing Technological Advances and RPM to Redefine Healthcare in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jiang Li, CEO at Vivalink Healthcare is at a turning point, reshaping our view of what defines hospital care. The home has emerged as a fundamental care setting within the broader healthcare continuum, challenging the notion that care concludes at the hospital exit.

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How RPM can scale and sustain CMS' hospital at home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just released data on its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative , which thus far has admitted 11,159 patients suffering from respiratory infections, heart failure and severe sepsis. Karin Schifter-Maor is CEO of Essence SmartCare, a senior and chronic care technology and services company.