Two large companies, Dispatch Health and Medically Home, in the home medical space are planning to merge. The firms offer care in the home that includes hospital-like services. The trend toward doing even acute care in the patient's home is driven by a belief that quality will be equivalent, costs lower, and that patients will do better being in their own residences.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
Kevin, do you believe quality of care can be performed at home?
the early research suggests that it can