Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality care.

Linda V DeCherrie; Bruce Leff; David M. Levine; Albert Siu

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Hospital at Home: setting a regulatory course to ensure safe, high-quality care.

February 2, 2022

DeCherrie LV, Leff B, Levine DM, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022;48(3):180-184.

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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.

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