Including the home as a care setting

Increasingly, providers are looking for ways to use mobile technology to improve home care and avoid readmissions after a patient is discharged from the hospital.

The importance of quality home health care has never been greater.

Loathe to let insurance costs continue to skyrocket, employers are taking a bigger role in providing care to their workers. Some, such as the Boeing Co., are inking preferred partnerships with health networks that provide more consumer-centered services, coupled with higher-quality care at a lower cost. Experts predict such contracts to grow markedly in the coming years.