There’s no place like Hospital at Home

Dr. Lorie Gull, Manager of Pharmacy Operations at UMass Memorial Medical Center and Dr. John Folstad, Pharmacy Operations Manager at Mayo Clinic Health System share their insights on the accelerating shift of eligible patient care out of an in-patient setting, pre and post COVID-19. They also discuss how treating acute care patients through hospital at home programs early adopters are demonstrating success.

 

Guest speakers:
Lorie Gull, BSPharm, MBA, DPLA
Manager, Pharmacy Operations
UMass Memorial Medical Center

 

John Folstad, PharmD
Pharmacy Operations Manager
Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire

 

Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

 

Show Notes:

[01:35 -2:47] What is a Hospital at Home program

[02:48-4:35] How patients are admitted to H@H programs

[04:36-5:46] How pharmacy services are incorporated in H@H

[05:47-07:15] How Mayo and UMass programs have developed

[07:16-07:52] Why are these relatively new programs

[07:53-09:22] Pharmacy specific challenges

[09:23-10:00] How payers are managing Hospital at Home patients

[10:01-10:51] Approaches to dispensing controlled substances

[10:52-11:13] Challenges that preclude admitting patients

[11:14-12:01] Position of regulatory agencies

[12:02-12:45] What should frontline pharmacists know about H@H

[12:46-15:10] Pearls for success

[15:11-16:09] The future of H@H programs

 

Links | Resources:

Hospital-level care for adult patients where they live | Hospital at Home (hahusersgroup.org)

Acute Hospital Care at Home (cms.gov)

Hospital-at-Home (ashp.org)

CMS Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Enhance Hospital Capacity Amid COVID-19 Surge | CMS

 

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