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Provider Spotlight: Dr. Bruce Bethancourt, Dignity Health Home Recovery Care
“Patients appreciate the attention and care that they receive in their own home. Home Recovery Care ultimately equates to happier patients and more affordable care.”
“The nurses were fantastic! They were very patient with me and took the time to educate me.”
After battling chronic bladder and urinary tract infections, Dorothy’s doctor recommended a hospital admission. She needed IV antibiotics to help her fight off the persistent infections. Shortly after being admitted to Chandler Regional Medical Center, a Recovery Care Coordinator reached out to Dorothy and her family to let them know she was eligible for the Dignity Health Home Recovery Care program.
“Home Recovery Care Made Me Feel Secure”
Dolores spent 2020 in and out of the hospital battling Congestive Heart Failure. In November, she went home with Home Recovery Care and hasn’t had to make a trip back to the emergency room since. She credits the program with her long-term success.
Provider Spotlight: Dr. Teague, Prisma Health Home Recovery Care
“With Home Recovery Care, we are delivering the right level of care, at the right time, in the right location.”
“Hospital Care at Home Put Me at Ease”
After battling COVID-19 for six days in the hospital without his wife by his side, George Hoff was excited to go home with hospital-level care.
Home Is Where the Health Is: Four Reasons Patients Recover Faster in Their Own Space
There’s no place like home, but did you know a familiar environment can also help you heal faster? We explain.
Leveraging Data to Understand and Improve Patients’ Perceived Wellness
Understanding the patients Contessa serves is absolutely critical to our work. Not only do we need to know the best ways to treat patients in the home, but also the perceptions they have of their physical and mental health. In this blog, we explain the the PROMIS tool, the patient-reported assessment data Contessa leverages to glean and understand patients’ perceptions of their own health. Learn how we measure this information before, during, and after a patients episodes of care with Contessa, and how the assessment’s findings impact the care we deliver.
Home Hospital Care in 2021 and Beyond
Though it is challenging to predict what the next month, let alone year, may hold, we looked into our crystal ball and thought deeply about how hospital care at home could change in the future.
Slowing Down to Speed Up: 5 Things We Learned in 2020
Let’s face it: 2020 was a challenging year. Here are five things we learned as an innovative healthcare business in the face of great difficulty and opportunity.