Home Care

DocGo and Spect have partnered to provide mobile health clinicians a more cost-effective way to screen patients at home for diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases, according to a DocGo press release.

DENVER — A phase 3 trial of ulixacaltamide for essential tremor will involve at-home patient participation and a clinical endpoint of activities of daily living, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Data presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting showed higher readmission rates among patients discharged to a skilled nursing facility vs. home health care after total hip arthroplasty.

The American Heart Association announced it is launching the Home Health Heart Failure Certification Program for home health agencies that provide care for patients with HF.

Individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers had higher satisfaction with usual care than previously thought, according to findings presented at the American Neurological Association annual meeting.

Postoperative home care after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease demonstrated efficacy, safety and feasibility while also decreasing travel burden, according to results from a single-center study published in JAMA Neurology.

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted CMS to expand the availability of hospital at home programs, which offer patients acute care in a comfortable setting.

Among patients referred from a short-stay acute medical unit, those receiving a comprehensive geriatric assessment at home had similar clinical outcomes as those who received the same assessment in the hospital, data show.

Many older adults who are referred to home health care after hospitalization do not receive it, with Black and Hispanic patients receiving lower rates of care, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Half of quality measures from CMS’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS, that are relevant to home-based primary care for older adults were considered “unusable” because they lacked the appropriate codes, according to a research report published in Annals of Internal Medicine.