An orchestra of care: Transparency for patients at home

Real-time visibility into patient care beyond the acute care setting is more important than ever. Hospitals are more reliant on ambulatory care providers as part of the patient’s care journey, and the quality of patient outcomes depends on collaboration between hospitals, postacute providers, health plans, and other organizations. So how do we put data into action for better management of patient populations and outcomes?

“There’s been a lot of discussion around the shift to home-based care,” says Lissy Hu, CEO and founder of CarePort. “More patients want to recover in their home, outside the facility. How do we make that happen?”

If we’re seeing more patients who prefer to recover in their own residence versus at a nursing home, asks Hu, what does that mean for physicians, care managers, or other professionals coordinating these services for the patient?

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