Released: April 21, 2014
House calls are making a comeback
Source: Milt Freudenhaim - The N.Y. Times (Paid Registration)
A relic from the medical past — the house call — is returning to favor as part of some hospitals’ palliative care programs, which are sending teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other workers to patients’ homes after they are discharged. The goal is twofold: to provide better treatment and to cut costs.
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