More health systems turn to partnerships for hospital-at-home

As hospital-at-home gains momentum, healthcare systems are increasingly turning to outside companies for help operating the programs.

The hospital-at-home model, in which a patient receives acute-care treatment scheduled at home, has been around for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic set off a swift wave of investment and growing utilization as inpatient beds became scarce. Healthcare research firm Chilmark released a report earlier this…