Texas Health Resources Addresses a Growing Need - Acute Care at Home

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources is introducing Texas Health Care at Home, an innovative new model that brings acute-level care directly into patients' homes. Launching initially with ER patients at two Fort Worth hospitals, the program will expand to more hospitals and eligible patients over time. The home setting addresses the "social and emotional components of healing" and helps reduce readmissions into emergency departments, Texas Health says. Providing acute care at home is a model that’s gained popularity abroad but has been slow to unfold in the U.S. reportedly because of challenges with reimbursement and other factors. Now a North Texas healthcare company is taking up the challenge. Arlington-based Texas Health Resources is introducing Texas Health Care at Home, an innovative new model that brings acute-level care directly into patients’ homes. The company says that by expanding its virtual care offerings, it can meet patients’ demands and respond to changing consumer preferences and offer increasingly personalized care.