Why Health Care Is Going Home

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Buffalo, New York, 1 acutely ill patients have been sent out of the emergency department for hospital-like care at home. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Little Rock, Arkansas, home health agencies provide chronic care management services, emphasizing care coordination...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2010-10, Vol.363 (18), p.1690-1691
1. Verfasser: Landers, Steven H
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Buffalo, New York, 1 acutely ill patients have been sent out of the emergency department for hospital-like care at home. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Little Rock, Arkansas, home health agencies provide chronic care management services, emphasizing care coordination and support for patients' management of their own conditions. In San Diego, California, physicians arrive at patients' homes with a new version of the black bag that includes a mobile x-ray machine and a device that can perform more than 20 laboratory tests at the point of care. Several engineering and electronics companies have developed products for . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp1000401