Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality care.
DeCherrie LV, Leff B, Levine DM, et al. Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022;48(3):180-184. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2021.12.003.
Hospital at Home (HAH), in which patients receive hospital-level care in their own homes, reduces the risk of hospital-acquired conditions such as delirium, especially in older adults. This commentary provides an overview of HAH, recent developments, and associated regulatory, safety, and quality issues.