Home Care/ Home Health Case Studies

May 06, 2019

Home Care/ Home Health Case Studies

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A listing of Home Care/Home Health Case Studies.

T elehealth Helps Great Plains Health Patients Manage Their Conditions Confidently in the Comfort of Their Home to Improve Outcomes: In this case study, Great Plains Health chose a Tailored Ambulatory Care platform and Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Transitional Care from LeadingAge Silver Partner and CAST Supporter Philips to scale up their tailored ambulatory program. The effort produced 98% patient satisfaction scores and reduced hospital readmissions. The technology also improved the team’s ability to educate patients to care for themselves, to coordinate care, and to help patients reconcile their medications. Patients also enjoyed the security of monitoring.
Evaluation of Selfhelp Community Services’ Virtual Senior Center: This case study explores how CAST Patron Selfhelp Community Services established a technology-driven program called the Virtual Senior Center (VSC) to enrich quality of life for socially isolated homebound older adults.
Reducing Blood Pressure among Engaged Participants through Multi-User Telehealth, Gamification, and Engagement Platform: This case study shows how technology company higi SH llc examined the relationship between ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) and patient engagement with a nationwide ABP kiosk platform deployed in pharmacies, grocery stores, and other community centers. Results showed a statistically significant relationship between frequency of engagement and lowering of systolic blood pressure. This study is applicable to the broader senior living market, as ABP kiosks provide an accessible, affordable, convenient and accurate means for individuals who cannot afford home BP devices to monitor their BP.
Targeting the ‘Superusers’ of Healthcare With Telehealth: This case study describes how Banner Health monitored 135 clients who had at least 5 chronic health conditions. The project used a range of biometric sensors from LeadingAge Silver Partner and CAST Supporter Philips, and the Philips Lifeline personal emergency response system with automatic fall detection. In addition, program participants were matched with a multidisciplinary care team that included health coaches, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and primary care “intensivists.” Outcomes included a 27% reduction in cost of care, a 32% reduction in acute and long-term care costs, and a 45% reduction in hospitalizations.
Supporting Independence of Seniors through Remote Activity and Adherence Monitoring: Recover Healthcare had first-hand experience with some of the healthcare trends impacting their business and the long-term care industry as a whole, and were interested in leveraging technology to help address some of these challenges. Having already partnered with PointClickCare for over five years for their senior care facilities, Recover Healthcare saw an opportunity with PointClickCare’s acquisition of TouchStream Solutions and the possibilities of in-home remote monitoring.
2016 Shared Care Planning and Coordination Case Studies: 5 case studies highlight how providers went about implementing these technologies, the impacts they experienced, lessons they learned and pitfalls to avoid.
Integrating Innovative Technology in the Home to Provide Enhanced Continuity of Care and Decreased Healthcare Costs for Older Adults: Element Care’s PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) program in Massachusetts North Shore, the Merrimack Valley and northeast region of Middlesex County implemented a Digital Avatar with Voice Activated Assistant Technology and Captioning to provide enhanced continuity of care in the home. The technology was provided by Care.Coach.
Using Technology to Reduce Social Isolation and Depression in Homebound Older Adults: Nonprofit Care at Home New Jersey (CAHNJ) has reduced social isolation and depression among study participants who used a touchscreen Telikin computer to communicate with family, friends, and CAHNJ personnel.
Improving Medication Compliance, Quality of Life, and Peace of Mind through Voice Assistant Technology: Libertana Home Health in Sherman Oaks, CA implemented a voice assistance technology to improve medication compliance, quality of life, and peace of mind. The voice assistance technology was provided by Orbita.
Senior Patient Engagement:Using Telehealth to Support Chronic Disease Self-Management: This case study explores how the “On4Care Mobile” solution from CAST Supporter Panasonic was used to monitor the health of 22 older adults who were clients of Pleasantville Senior Center in Pleasantville, NY.
How telehealth is helping a provider to position itself as a partner to hospitals on avoiding readmission: This case study shows how Jewish Home Lifecare uses technology in all of its service lines and in all components of its Community Service Division. It is currently in the process of rolling out technology-enabled services in its sub-acute unit.
Reduction of Hospital Readmissions through Telehealth among High-Risk Cardiac Patients: A new case study explores how Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, IL, implemented a Heart & Vascular RPM program that helped reduce its readmission rates from 28% to 14% over 2 years.
Improving Medication Compliance, Quality of Life, and Peace of Mind through Voice Assistant Technology: Libertana Home Health in Sherman Oaks, CA implemented a voice assistance technology to improve medication compliance, quality of life, and peace of mind. The voice assistance technology was provided by Orbita.
TELEHEALTH AND REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING (RPM) – Provider Case Studies 2014: Provider Case Studies 2014 was compiled to help a variety of organizations become familiar with real-life examples of telehealth implementation. The case studies also explore the impacts experienced by users of these technologies and the potential revenue streams and business models that support them
CAST Case Study: Evangelical Homes of Michigan: In July 2013, CAST Patron and LeadingAge Member Evangelical Homes of Michigan (EHM) learned about a newly formed, physician-based accountable care organization (ACO) called Northwest Ohio ACO during its conversations with Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services (OPRS), a LeadingAge member in Columbus, OH.
Medication Management Technologies PROVIDER CASE STUDIES 2015: A set of 4 new case studies provides real-life examples of how providers implemented medication management technologies. One document in the collection summarizes the lessons learned from all the case studies.