Partnership to Launch Hospital-at-Home Program in Florida

Through a multiyear agreement beginning in early 2023, Orlando Health will work with health technology company Biofourmis to launch a hospital-at-home program for patients residing in Central Florida.

With 3,238 beds and 23 hospitals and emergency departments, Orlando Health is a nonprofit healthcare organization that serves patients residing the in the southeastern region of the United States.

A multiyear agreement between the two organizations aims to provide care for more patients using home-based healthcare options. With an anticipated launch in early 2023, the new program will leverage Biofourmis' solution to enable remote care. Headquartered in Boston, Biofourmis provides artificial intelligence-driven solutions that support patient care while they remain in their homes.

Orlando Health will implement a solution designed to collect vital signs along with physiologic signals. Along with this, the health system will leverage Biofourimis' Food and Drug Administration-cleared Biovitals Analytics Engine. The tool will provide a patient baseline and enable providers to review data to determine the patient's health trajectory. Additionally, patients will be able to connect with providers through in-home and virtual visits and an application.

"Our solution is purpose built to scale as rapidly and as large as Orlando Health needs, including our end-to-end technology platform that delivers a comprehensive, continuously updated patient view and actionable care insights, as well as around-the-clock support from our technical, operational and clinical teams. In a short time, we expect hospital-at-home to become a popular care service for patients across the region, which will also ensure adequate access for critically ill and injured patients who require facility-based care," said Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO and founder of Biofourmis, in the press release.

Biofourmis also offers various services that can support hospital-at-home programs, such as in-home ancillary service ordering and coordination and provider scheduling. Its solution also integrates with the health system's Epic EHR system.

"Delivering hospital-level care within the patient's home has been a goal for Orlando Health. This comprehensive solution ensures the safest, highest-quality care as well as ease-of-use for patients and providers," said Jamal Hakim, MD, Orlando Health's chief operating officer, in the press release. "We are confident that our organization's dedicated focus on patients, clinical excellence, and operational efficiency — supported by Biofourmis' solution — will drive the growth of a successful hospital-at-home program."

The number of provider organizations launching and scaling hospital-at-home programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blessing Health System in Quincy, Illinois, developed a hospital-at-home program in March 2022 in partnership with Biofourmis. Amid this collaboration, Blessing Health System leveraged the company's biosensors and patient-centric companion app with patient monitoring capabilities.

Also, in January, VCU Health added a hospital-at-home program that aims to provide high-quality acute care remotely.

VCU Health launched the program following research indicating that at-home hospital-level care can improve patient experience, producing outcomes such as reductions in mortality, better recovery, and fewer readmissions.

Through this program, VCU Health plans to treat patients battling conditions such as heart failure, pneumonia, and sepsis, using video visits and remote patient monitoring.