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The healthcare industry is in the middle of navigating two major trends: technology is moving into healthcare, and healthcare is moving into the home. As providers, payers, vendors, and industry newcomers scramble to figure out “who’s on first,” we all sense the possibility of this quantum leap moment for healthcare.
Many of our collective conversations right now are focused on a critical imperative for these emerging care models: improving health equity across racial, gender, age, economic, educational, and geographic lines. This goal has rightly become front and center for many care-at-home programs across the country.
With new care-at-home programs announced every week, it’s vital that these initiatives implement the right technology and support to address and improve inequities. Here are four ways care-at-home programs can make or break the pursuit of improved equity in access, adherence, and outcomes.