New Survey: 84% of Respondents Would Participate in a Hospital-at-Home Program In Order To Get Home Sooner

More than 300 Hospital at Home (HaH) programs have been approved across the country, allowing thousands of patients to be monitored in the comfort of their homes after leaving the hospital.

Vivalink, a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, is sharing results from a new survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers 40 years and older about their opinions surrounding participating in a HaH program.

Key findings from the survey include:

• An overwhelming 84% of respondents are willing to participate in HaH monitoring in order to return home sooner versus staying at the hospital to be monitored. 

• 77% of respondents indicated that they would trust their healthcare provider’s recommendation to utilize HaH monitoring.

• Of those who have experienced HaH, 84% reported having a positive experience with the program.

• 49% of respondents who had participated in a HaH program found the remote patient monitoring (RPM) device easy to use. At the same time, of the 16% of respondents who were not likely to participate in HaH programs, difficulty with devices was cited as a top concern.

• Older respondents (over 70) were less likely to have heard of HaH programs (42% vs. 77% of consumers in their 40s), or had participated in HaH programs (11% vs. 66%).

• Urban participants were more likely to have participated in HaH programs (71% vs. 25% of rural respondents) but were less likely to prefer completely remote primary care compared to rural participants (19% vs. 36% of rural respondents). 

• Respondents with three or more hospitalizations in the last 12 months demonstrated a higher willingness to participate in HaH programs (95% vs. 62% of respondents with 2 or fewer hospitalizations) and expressed greater trust in providers’ recommendations for HaH monitoring (95% vs 78%).