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Acute Care at Home
Acute Care at Home

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Product Description:

DispatchHealth offers a variety of services to help our partners:

On-demand ED Substitution – Increase Access and Reduce ED Utilization with 60-70% of ED capabilities via ER-trained providers capable of laboratory testing, IV medication administration, procedures , diagnostics & much more.

This service helps provide support for all other programs and is the 'base service' that operates in our 50+ markets across the country. Here are the other services Dispatch provides which are further outlined in the portal:

Post-Acute Care at Home Services

- ED-To-Home - Reduce Observations & Improve ED Bounce Backs with scheduled in-home visits 24-48 hrs post discharge from the ED, by trained providers who can provide medical intervention if needed

- Hospital-To-Home (IP) - Reduce Readmissions & Improve LOS/Throughput with scheduled in-home visits 24-72 hrs post discharge from inpatient setting

Hospital Substitution 

- Create "Virtual Bed” Revenue & Inpatient Capacity by a hospital trained providers with capabilities to support complex medical and post-surgical inpatients 24/7 monitoring, support, and coordination of patients in the home who meet inpatient admission criteria

SNF Substitution

- Improve LOS/Throughput for High Risk DRGs with SNF level care at home from high readmit DRG's, by hospital trained providers

About DispatchHealth: High-Acuity Care @Home:

DispatchHealth delivers care across the healthcare continuum to keep patients healthy at 

home—from caring for the highest acuity patients with urgent or hospital level needs to supporting transitions of care and ongoing management of chronic conditions—we believe home is where your health is.

DispatchHealth was founded in 2013 to create an integrated, convenient, high touch, care delivery solution that extends the capabilities of a patient’s care team and provides definitive, quality care in the home while decreasing costs. Currently, DispatchHealth serves patients in markets across the US and is poised for continued rapid growth to meet consumer demand.

Partnering with DispatchHealth puts the power of a complete system of in-home care at your fingertips, ready to deploy where and when you want it.

DispatchHealth works closely with health systems, payers, providers, and others to deliver care in the home to help address capacity constraints at brick and mortar facilities, as well reducing medical costs in at-risk/VBC populations through ED, Inpatient, 911 and Observation diversions.


Medical teams are available during the day and also on weekends, evenings and holidays, and can be requested via online, over the phone, or through care coordination referral. DispatchHealth is contracted with most major insurance companies and accepts Medicare and Medicaid.

To learn more about how DispatchHealth can help your health system reduce the total cost of care, improve clinical outcomes, and delight patients by moving high-acuity care into the home visit: https://www.dispatchhealth.com/partners/

Product Description:

Eligible patients are discharged to the myLaurel clinical team from the hospital early, opening bed capacity and improving throughput across the ED, Observation, Inpatient, Post-Surgical and Post-Acute areas. myLaurel treats the patient in the home and virtually over the next 7- 30 days to ensure high-quality outcomes and no readmission for the same or related condition. The patient is then scheduled back into the health system network, typically through primary care, to maintain continuity of care with the health system. If the patient enters the ED at any point while under myLaurel’s care, the health system does not pay myLaurel.

About myLaurel:

myLaurel™ was founded on the idea that the best way to deliver high-quality care is to deliver it in the home. We are the leader in home-based acute care tailored to the needs of frail, elderly, or complex patients. Our innovative models reduce avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions while improving throughput, shortening length of stay, and maintaining high standards of care, safety, and satisfaction.  

Utilizing an interdisciplinary team of telehealth physicians, in-home paramedics, and RN care managers, myLaurel ensures patients avoid the conventional acute care journey from ER to admission to post-acute care. The innovative care model creates dramatic cost savings, helps patients prevent hospital-acquired conditions, and radically improves the patient and caregiver experience.

Compatibility level

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Clients

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Use Cases

Description:

Introduction & Presentation 

Meet Sharon, a 68-year-old female who called her PCP to report a 10-pound weight gain over the past 

three days, in addition to being more fatigued than normal. The patient’s nursing care manager at the 

PCP office called DispatchHealth to request an in-home visit. 

The power of DispatchHealth 

History: Patient had an electrical cardioversion 6 days prior, anemia, cardiac arrhythmia, CHF, 

hypothyroidism, kidney failure, obesity. 

Physical exam: Abdomen distended with no tenderness or guarding, bilateral lower extremity edema 

3/6, systolic heart murmur 2/6. 

On-site labs: Chem 8 on-site findings of low hemoglobin levels, normal electrolytes, normal EKG. 

Medication reconciliation: Furosemide administered on site and prescription ordered. 

SDOH assessment: No urgent concerns identified. 

Education: Extensive disease specific education and the importance of following up with PCP for anemia. 

Care coordination: Discussed care plan and shared encounter summary with PCP. 

Outcome: Sharon was able to avoid being transported to the ER which would have resulted in expensive medical costs and the challenges of transitional care.

Pediatric use cases:

Yes. We are able to treat patients ages 3+ Months and older.

Users:

Patients ages 3+ Months and older

Description:

Navigating complex health issues while balancing the demands of daily life can be incredibly challenging. For Chelsea F., a 34-year-old woman with a history of congenital duodenal atresia, gastroparesis, gluten intolerance, and multiple food allergies, this reality hit hard when a series of severe health complications led her to seek help in the emergency room.

The Clinical Challenge

Chelsea's story began with a frustrating cycle of frequent ER visits. Over the span of just one month, she was admitted to the emergency room seven times due to persistent and severe nausea and vomiting. Alongside these symptoms, she experienced worrying neurological issues, including paresthesia (tingling or numbness), dizziness, weakness, difficulty walking, and visual impairment.

Upon admission to the hospital, an endoscopy was performed, which yielded no significant findings. Despite this, Chelsea's condition was severe enough to necessitate a thorough evaluation and treatment plan. The medical team administered a combination of intravenous medications: droperidol for nausea, famotidine for stomach acid reduction, magnesium for electrolyte balance, and normal saline for hydration.

“myLaurel was a lifesaver,” Chelsea recounts. “I was supposed to stay in the hospital for three more days for a certain IV treatment, but because of myLaurel, I was able to go home and spend precious time with my five-year-old daughter.”

— Chelsea; patient, mom

A Turning Point: Neurological Insights

The breakthrough came when the neurology team identified Chelsea's neurological symptoms were likely due to deficiencies in essential B vitamins, specifically thiamine (vitamin B1) and niacin (vitamin B3). This revelation pointed to a crucial aspect of her treatment: aggressive vitamin repletion. 

Transitioning to Home

Despite the promising new treatment plan, Chelsea faced a dilemma. The thought of spending additional days in the hospital beyond her almost two-week stay was daunting, particularly as she had a young daughter at home who was only able to visit her once while she was in inpatient treatment. Fortunately, Ochsner Health called on their home-care partner, myLaurel, which provided a solution allowing Chelsea to early discharge from the hospital and continue her treatment from the comfort of her home.

The myLaurel Experience

Chelsea’s experience with myLaurel was marked by both convenience and quality care. The home care team visited Chelsea’s home for intravenous treatments over the course of three days, with the first treatment beginning the day after she was discharged. Chelsea was prescribed a regimen of thiamine, starting with 500 mg IV three times a day for two days, then a reduced dosage of 250 mg IV daily for five days, and then 100 mg orally daily for the foreseeable future.

“The service was professional and caring,” Chelsea notes. “The in-home providers were consummate professionals, friendly and efficient, and the treatments were completed quickly—usually in about 30 to 45 minutes. They were accompanied by a physician over telehealth.”

“I was very impressed by how quickly the physicians actually dug into my history and understood it before they started talking to me.” 

The flexibility of receiving care at home allowed Chelsea to focus on her recovery and family life. “Being at home made a huge difference,” she says. “I didn’t have to stay in the hospital an additional three days for a treatment that took a half-hour and could be present for my daughter, who was about to start kindergarten. I’m doing better, little by little.” 

Final Thoughts

Chelsea’s journey underscores home-based care's profound impact on a patient's quality of life. For patients like Chelsea, balancing complex medical needs with family responsibilities can be daunting. MyLaurel’s ability to deliver high-quality care at home offers a vital alternative, ensuring that patients receive the treatment they need while maintaining their daily routines and family connections.

“I’m not one to let strangers in, but the people I met with were all very nice and very kind, and I had no problem letting them in to help me. The myLaurel team called for my first treatment and then called ahead over the next two days when they were on their way.”  

As Chelsea continues her recovery, with follow-up appointments to monitor her vitamin levels and neurological health, she remains grateful for the support and flexibility provided by myLaurel. Her story is a testament to the transformative power of home-based care in managing chronic and complex health conditions.

Conclusion

For those navigating similar health challenges, Chelsea’s story highlights the benefits of exploring home care options. myLaurel offers a compassionate and practical solution for patients and their families by bridging the gap between hospital-based treatments and home life.

Chelsea shares a tearful final thought: "It frees you up to live the rest of your life. The freedom to be at home and still live your life was a humongous plus to this whole experience.”  

Pediatric use cases:

None provided

Users:

18+ patients, within service areas, partnered health system patients. 

EHR Integrations

Integrations:

Acute care EMR, Ambulatory EMR, Ancillary EMR, Pop health platform, Home health, Community based organizations

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Use case dependent

EMRs Supported:

Epic, Cerner, athena

Hardware Compatibility:

Not applicable

Integrations:

Acute care EMR, Ambulatory EMR

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Recommended, but not required

EMRs Supported:

Epic, Cerner, Meditech, Allscripts, NextGen, athena, GE, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, Other, Allscripts/Eclipsys, Athenahealth, Azalea Health/Prognosis, CPSI, Evident, Healthland, MEDHOST, MedWorx, QuadraMed, Self-developed, Would prefer not to disclose, Point Click Care

Hardware Compatibility:

None provided

Client Types

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Differentiators

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

None provided

Differentiators vs Competitors:

Scalability - With over 500+ care teams operating in 50 markets, DispatchHealth has the proven ability to scale to meet the demands of each market and those of our health system partners to help with capacity constraints and on-demand needs.

Patient Experience - With an Average NPS of 95 across all markets, Dispatch is becomes a valuable care extension of our health system partners

Experience - DispatchHealth is the largest provider of high-acuity in-home care in the United States, with 1 million patient visits, 300M covered lives and dozens of health system partnerships.

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

Can work with any external EHR. 

Differentiators vs Competitors:

Why we're unique:

Flexibility:

The myLaurel care model is tailored and based on patient need allowing us to match visit frequency and intensity.

Expansion of your care with network integrity:

All patients we see are direct referrals from the hospitals we serve. We are fully integrated into your clinical teams, operating off the same playbook. Our primary goal is to provide your patients a soft landing and timely access to post-acute care and then tuck them back into your system.

Clinical expertise & capabilities:

Uniquely built to care for patients in their home.   

myLaurel possesses a broad scope of capabilities, including real time diagnostics (e.g blood tests, 12-lead EKG), therapeutics (e.g IV, IM medications, oxygen and IV fluid via our in-home care team), labs/mobile imaging, prescriptions via tele support, and care coordination - with a supportive hand-off to your home health and/or primary care team. 

Complex patient care:

Elderly, frail, complex, comorbid - this is our area of expertise. 

Scale: 

-Designed to help you serve a larger funnel of patients versus other post-acute models - with the flexibility in co-design of who we treat 

-Partnering with myLaurel enables expanded capacity and efficiencies immediately without the extensive resources, time, overhead, training, and logistic configuration of facility planning or pursuing your own in-home post-acute model.  

Speed to value turn-key implementation: 

Clients are up and running in 90 days or less. We bring the resources, diagnostics, formulary, supplies, and operations bundled and ready to execute, with a single internal champion needed from your side to get going.  

Outcomes-based contracting:

We put our fees at risk for readmission while under our care, aligning our clinical team more closely with our hospital partners.  

Did we mention the 3:1+ ROI? 

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