Participants were selected at random to participate, half in the RAH group and the other half in the traditional SNF care group, and were enrolled between Aug.
Upon admission to the home, patients in the RAH group received visits from a certified nursing assistant and a geriatric medicine attending physician.
The CNA facilitated medication administration via an automated remotely programmable medication dispenser and physicians were updated daily by the CNA via video, voice, and/or text.
“On the one hand, it largely reduces the nursing and physician requirements compared to a traditional SNF,” the researchers wrote.
A native of Lincoln Park, Chicago, Alex has worked as a reporter since graduating from the University of Denver with a journalism degree in 2015, covering the COVID-19 pandemic extensively since the news first broke in March, 2020.