Kaiser’s Advanced Care At Home Pilot Program Resulted In Lower Odds Of Acute Care Visits Compared To Traditional Hospital Care

Participants in Kaiser Permanente Northern California's (KPNC's) Advanced Care At Home (ACAH) pilot program had lower odds of acute care visits than those who received traditional hospital care. ACAH offered high-quality care to adults at home leveraging telehealth monitoring and in-home intravenous antibiotics, phlebotomy, mobile imaging, and assessment by a health care professional.

ACAH was available from September 1, 2020, to June 8, 2022, for Kaiser Permanente members at select Northern California locations. The researchers compared outcomes for 226 people participating in ACAH to those of 715 people who received clinical care in a brick-and . . .