Hospital leaders aim to offer more care at home, but they face some hurdles

More hospital leaders are seeing the value and benefits of expanding care options to the home, but they say staffing and patient adherence remain challenges. Current Health released a survey Tuesday of 103 hospital and health care leaders about employing programs to treat patients or manage their care at home. Current Health, a Best Buy Health Company, offers a care-at-home platform for healthcare organizations. Two out of three hospital leaders (66%) say they are offering some type of care at home, such as remote patient monitoring to manage patients with chronic conditions, therapeutics, or other services. Some hospital systems are also offering acute care services in the home. Some hospital leaders said they are looking to expand home-based options, and are seeing improved patient care. However, hospital leaders cited staffing as the biggest pain point. Nearly all of those surveyed (95%) pointed to staffing as a problem, and many said expanding home-based services will only add to their difficulties.