Mobile Health Solution and Skilled Nursing Pilot

According to a 2016 Hospitals and Health Network article, hospital executives are finding “that many post-acute providers are already taking steps to differentiate themselves in the new world of value-based care and bundled payments.” Care Navigation Services, in collaboration with AT&T, has developed and implemented a pilot study to assess the impact mobile health solutions have on managing high-risk patients discharged from a skilled nursing facility. While our pilot will continue for a few more months, early outcomes are positive:  94% program compliance and 0% acute readmissions. This post-acute providers’ focus on innovative patient-centric health care solutions affords the differentiation necessary to compete for strategic partnerships with health systems.