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Telehealth utilization grew across most U.S. regions in October 2024, with the Midwest as the sole exception, according to FAIR Health's monthly telehealth regional tracker.

Home healthcare remains the fastest-growing segment in the healthcare sector, with spending increasing by 11.1% year over year in October 2024, according to Altarum's Jan. 8 Health Sector Economic Indicators report.

Lee Health Chief Nursing Officer Jennifer Higgins, DNP, told Becker's that the organization will continue to invest in home-based care, starting with its hospital-at-home program, which brings hospital-level treatment directly to patients' homes.

Mass General Brigham plans to expand its hospital-at-home program to more specialties in 2025 and evolve beyond episodic care toward a "seamless home-based care continuum," a program leader told Becker's.

The merger of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System, finalized Jan. 1, will boost virtual care offerings for patients, the Leader-Telegram in Eau Claire, Wis., reported.

Hospital-at-home programs are rapidly transforming American healthcare delivery, providing a transformational model of care that combines convenience, quality and cost-efficiency. While some   current opinion  highlights the challenges of hospital-at-home programs, the discussions often overlook the success and potential of…

Hospital-at-home programs are largely concentrated at large, urban, nonprofit and academic facilities, a new study found.

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