Background: “Hospital at Home” (HaH) models of care have existed for over 20 years in the U.S. More recently, HaH models have evolved to include transitional care solutions to improve patients’ post-acute outcomes. Meanwhile, services which were traditionally provided only in the inpatient setting, such as elective arthroplasty, have begun to shift to same-day and […]

Background: Like many other health systems, our large, academic, quaternary care center is experiencing a capacity crisis, with increasing number and duration of emergency department boarders. We hypothesized that there is a population of admitted patients who may be appropriately discharged home with timely follow-up and connection with community resources. Purpose: Our project sought to […]