Wellsky’s In-Home Care Pilot With Ohio Academic Medical Center Aims to Reduce Heart Failure Hospital Readmissions

WellSky will pilot its ReD technology at The OSU Wexner Medical Center with the goal to help heart failure patients avoid hospital readmissions. The technology allows providers to assess the fluid level in patients' lungs accurately, deemed as a symptom of worsening heart condition. Heart failure patients often need to be readmitted to the hospital and many companies are trying out their remote monitoring solutions to keep patients safe at home while also reducing the cost burden related to an emergency readmission.

WellSky, a healthcare technology company, is mixing a tech approach with human resources to attack this problem of healthcare readmissions related to cardiac patients. The company based in Overland Park, Kansas, recently announced that it will implement its platform at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to help heart failure patients avoid being readmitted to the hospital.

After the first hospital discharge, a certified in-home provider will visit the heart failure patients enrolled in the program and assesses the patient’s health using Sensible Medical’s ReDS technology. The noninvasive ReDS technology can determine in 45 seconds if patients have fluid in their lungs, and if so, how much. Should the technology detect fluid in the lungs, immediate protocols begin in the hopes of preventing hospital readmission. For example, the in-home clinician and care coordinator can book a telehealth visit. The provider may also order labs to do a thorough check of the patient.