The Top Line

One of the aims and consequences of health care payment reform is pushing care to lower cost settings. More and more, we hear this means treating patients in outpatient settings or in their homes.

So, it is with great interest that I attended the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s seminar  on How Technology is Enabling Dynamic Community Care Teams.  My goal was to learn more about:

• the kinds of care providers are delivering at patients’ homes and in the community,
• why pundits view home and community-based care as essential to improving health outcomes and minimizing costs