House call: Hospital care at home is about to explode in New Jersey

House call: Hospital care at home is about to explode in New Jersey 
mycentraljersey; by Scott Fallon; 9/11/24 
Delia Halpin was being treated for a lung infection at Hackensack University Medical Center over three days in July when doctors came to her room with a suggestion: You can go home if you’d like. Halpin, 80, wasn’t being discharged. She was returning to her Maywood house with a load of medical equipment, a tablet to let her keep in touch with doctors, and a team of nurses who would visit every day until she recovered. “No one wants to be in the hospital,” she said. “It was great to be home, be around family, be around the things you’re comfortable with.” Halpin is among the first wave of patients who received care under Hackensack’s new “Hospital from Home” program — but she is far from the last. ...