Name of the program| Home Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital
Health system| Mass General Brigham
When established| 2017
Enrollment milestones| Over 700 patients enrolled since the program started
Core services| Acute hospital care at home
Population served| Adults 18 year and older that that meet clinical and operational guidelines
Area served| Greater Boston area
Outcomes or successes| Consistently high patient satisfaction with Home Hospital as measured by an internally-developed patient experience survey
Unique feature| Direct admission model, ~50% of patients are admitted “upstream” from the Emergency Department (i.e. from home, from urgent care), avoiding both ED and hospital (and saving additional costs in an accountable care context)
Leadership| Ryan Thompson (Medical Director), Cindy Yu (Associate Medical Director, Operations), Dan Restrepo (Associate Medical Director, Education and Training), Dana Sheer (Nurse Director), Avital DeSharone (Program Manager)
Web site| https://www.massgeneral.org/medicine/treatments-and-services/home-hospital
Public resources| Mass General Home Hospital video
Contact information| homehospital@mgh.harvard.edu