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Lifespark Adds In-Home Urgent Care, Adding ‘Final Brick’ To Its Suite Of Services

Home Health Care

The senior care company Lifespark has been building out its value-based care model for years. Now, it has added in-home urgent care, a key service line for a company taking on upside and downside risk. And, while many home-based care companies want to take on more risk, it comes with a lot of responsibility.

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Layoffs Hit At-Home Care Innovator DispatchHealth

Home Health Care

DispatchHealth was founded in 2013 and started as a digital health care company that offered on-demand, on-site services at home. The company now provides a range of health care services to patients in their homes — aiming to prevent costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits.

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HHCN Franchise Forum: The Future of Home Care

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by Home Care for the 21st Century. This article is based on a Home Health Care News virtual discussion with John Dapello, CEO of Home Care for the 21st Century, and Lori McCauley, Vice President of Franchise Development at Home Care for the 21st Century.

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How Home-Based Care Providers Are Approaching The GUIDE Model

Home Health Care

“This ensures comprehensive care for the client and involves all parties in the process, maintaining consistency and quality. The GUIDE Model also introduces families and clients to home care, keeping them safer at home and reducing hospital admissions.” Lifespark, headquartered in St.

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Location, Location, Location – Understanding Health Consumers’ Evolving Definition of Convenience

Health Populi

Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates. See that urgent care visits were more likely sought by younger patients under 43. In the last year, 42% of U.S.

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WelbeHealth’s Michael Le On The Future Of Innovative At-Home Care Models

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the broader at-home care space, Dr. Michael Le is considered an innovator. His impressive resume — which also includes time at Optum Home & Community Care and CareMore Health Plan — places him at the forefront of the movement bringing more care to the home and the community.

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3 Types of Data Are Transforming Clinical Care Through Cellular-based RPM

HIT Consultant

As the healthcare industry continues to embrace new technologies, remote patient monitoring (RPM) is becoming established as a way to help chronic patients remain in their homes with health supervision to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and visits to the emergency department, urgent care facility, or physician’s office.