Health at Home White Paper 2021
29 September 21
| Ciera Walker and Schafer Jackson
In the wake of COVID-19, health at home is growing in popularity as provider organizations seek to deliver high-quality, lower-cost patient
care while minimizing the health risks associated with the hospital environment. To this end, organizations have begun offering acute
care services at home, in addition to existing post–acute care options. The technology, supplies, services, and staffing needed for
health at home can be quite complex, and the many interdependent pieces may be adopted à la carte or as a comprehensive offering.
To help provider organizations better understand this dynamic market, this paper establishes a health at home framework and answers
key questions about what provider organizations may want to consider for their own health at home strategies. While KLAS’ customer
satisfaction research for health at home is emerging, we have existing data for areas like home health, hospice, and private duty/personal
care; links to this data are provided where appropriate.