The Rural Health Forum brings together rural health leaders, clinicians, policymakers, and innovators to explore how care can reach patients beyond hospital walls. Through case studies and expert-led discussions, participants will examine practical approaches to Hospital at Home, virtual care, and remote patient monitoring in rural environments. Attendees will leave with new ideas, peer connections, and strategies to expand access to high-quality care in their communities.
Share your innovation in a fast-paced, highly interactive format designed for real-world learning and peer exchange. These @Home Briefings feature multiple simultaneous presentation stations in one room, running as a concurrent breakout experience. Presenters deliver a focused 10-minute presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion, Q&A, and practical dialogue with a small group of engaged delegates. Attendees will rotate stations every 15 minutes, creating multiple opportunities for connection, feedback, and insight.
Bonus: Speakers receive 25% off conference registration!
We bring together the right people in the room: senior leaders, innovators, and practitioners who are actively shaping the future of care. Our gatherings are intentionally smaller and more personal, creating space for meaningful conversation, honest problem-solving, and real collaboration. You don’t just listen to experts — you meet them, talk with them, and build relationships that last far beyond the event.
In 2026, healthcare delivery continues to expand beyond traditional hospital walls and into patients’ homes. As Hospital at Home programs mature from pilot initiatives to scaled enterprise models, healthcare leaders are looking for the right conference to gain strategy,…
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The healthcare industry is evolving rapidly, and hospital-at-home models are reshaping how acute care is delivered. The 6th Edition Hospital @ Home Leadership Summit (December 3–5, 2025) is the must-attend hospital at home conference for healthcare leaders looking to…
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The 6th Edition Hospital @ Home Leadership Summit is the must-attend hospital at home conference of 2025, bringing together healthcare executives, clinicians, policy experts, and innovators who are leading the transformation of acute care delivery.
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Ila Mapp, DNP, RN, CENP, CCRN has been enhancing her nursing craft for over 20 years through travel nursing, bedside patient care, and leadership. In 2008, Ila joined the UNC Health organization advancing from clinical nurse to Nurse Manager. She has held a leadership roles within UNC Medical Center and UNC Health since 2013 with her specialty in critical care managing four specialty teams: Rapid Response, ICU Transport, Venous Access Team, and CVAD Liaison. Ila now serves as Director for Advanced Care at Home – an innovative utilization of technology providing acute care for patients in their homes. This model of healthcare incorporates the collaboration of internal and external community stakeholders inclusive of Paramedics and Home Health Nursing working together with the common goal of patient-centered care for the Triangle of North Carolina.
Dr. Jared Conley MD PhD MPH is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and an emergency physician at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He serves as the Associate Director of the MGH Healthcare Transformation Lab, where he leads a team of clinicians and engineers to enhance the quality and affordability of acute healthcare through technology and innovation.
He additionally serves as an advisor to MGH’s Home Hospital program and as the Medical Advisor for the World Hospital at Home Community. His digital health work is broad but is particularly focused on new, tech-enabled models of care, including hospital at home (HaH). He was recently asked to chair the first-ever HaH technology forum in March 2023.
Thomas Kiesau is a Senior Partner with Chartis, the firm’s Chief Innovation Officer, and leader of the Digital Practice, the firm’s business unit dedicated to digital transformation planning and execution across the healthcare arena. Prior to assuming leadership of the Digital Practice, he led the firm’s Strategy Practice. With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Kiesau has served as an advisor to many of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals, academic health centers, faculty practice groups, integrated health systems and community hospitals. He directs consulting engagements principally in the area of digital transformation, including digitally-enabled care model transformation, home as a site of care, digital consumer experience and digital operating model design and implementation.
Dr David M Levine, MD MPH MA, is an internationally renowned expert in designing and implementing advanced home-based care, using digital health technology to drive health outcomes, and evaluating the quality, safety, and experience of health care. He is a practicing general internist and clinician-investigator at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he founded and co-directs Brigham’s home hospital program and co-directs the general internal medicine fellowship. He co-founded and co-chairs the Hospital at Home Users Group, a collaborative of home hospital programs throughout the US and Canada. He is core faculty at Ariadne Labs, a center for health systems innovation at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham, where he studies rural home hospital and scaling home hospital.
Ila Mapp, DNP, RN, CENP, CCRN has been enhancing her nursing craft for over 20 years through travel nursing, bedside patient care, and leadership. In 2008, Ila joined the UNC Health organization advancing from clinical nurse to Nurse Manager. She has held a leadership roles within UNC Medical Center and UNC Health since 2013 with her specialty in critical care managing four specialty teams: Rapid Response, ICU Transport, Venous Access Team, and CVAD Liaison. Ila now serves as Director for Advanced Care at Home – an innovative utilization of technology providing acute care for patients in their homes. This model of healthcare incorporates the collaboration of internal and external community stakeholders inclusive of Paramedics and Home Health Nursing working together with the common goal of patient-centered care for the Triangle of North Carolina.
Dr. O’Shea is interested in applying his training in clinical medicine and business administration to build and refine systems of care for hospitalized adults and children. In addition to serving as a hospitalist, he works as a physician advisor to support clinical operations across UNC Hospitals.
Dr. Margaret Paulson is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She has experience in patient care across the spectrum of Internal Medicine. She currently practices as a rural hospitalist in the Mayo Clinic Health System in the Northwest Wisconsin (NWWI) region and leads the Home Health team. In 2019, she became the Medical Director for NWWI in the exciting establishment of Mayo Clinic’s Advanced Care at Home (ACH) program, an innovative platform offering hospital-level care in the home. The launch of ACH allowed Dr. Paulson to call upon her experience in outpatient and inpatient Internal Medicine to expand high quality telemedicine in transformational ways for Mayo Clinic.
Eliza “Pippa” Shulman, DO, MPH, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on providing advanced care in the home. She joined Dispatch Health’s leadership team during the company’s merger with Medically Home, where she served as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. As the clinical architect behind many of Medically Home’s most innovative models, Dr. Shulman helped shape what is now part of Dispatch Health’s approach to high-acuity care in the home.
Gregory Snyder is a clinician and physician executive, leading technology-enabled care delivery models to improve healthcare quality and safety. He practices hospital medicine at Mass General Brigham Newton-Wellesley, and is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Mass General Healthcare Transformation Lab. Greg is Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, Associate Faculty at Ariadne Labs, and Adjunct Faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is focused on scaling Hospital at Home programs and home-based acute care as Vice President of Clinical Strategy & Quality Improvement for Medically Home. Greg has partnered with diverse healthcare technology ventures to improve healthcare quality, safety, value, and experience.
Lisa is a nationally recognized expert on hospital at home law, policy and advocacy. During her more than two-decade career she has held numerous positions with CMS ranging from litigating attorney to member of the CMS-CDC COVID-19 Task Force. As a member of the task force, she helped draft the Hospital Without Walls waivers, and then co-led the team that wrote and implemented the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. In addition, she also led the CDC/CMS nationwide nursing home strike force initiative to assist nursing homes that were experiencing large COVID-19 outbreaks. After leaving government in 2021, Lisa led the advocacy team at Medically Home, which was instrumental in getting Congress to extend the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver in 2022 and getting the House and Senate to introduce bills for a five-year extension of the waiver in 2024.
As the Chief Medical Officer for Mount Sinai at Home, Dr. Truong creates vision to deliver patient-centered quality care to patients in their homes. She has implemented strategies to launch, grow and integrate programs on the continuum of home-based care – Hospital at Home, Rehabilitation at Home, Palliative Care at Home and other home-care clinical services within the Mount Sinai at Home portfolio. She is passionate about addressing health equity and believes that home-based care, particularly acute at home care is well-positioned and is an important tool to advance health equity. Dr. Truong graduated from Swarthmore College in Economics and Biology, obtained her MD at Temple University Katz School of Medicine, and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Mount Sinai.
Colleen Hole serves in an advisory role, helping guide Advocate Health’s home-based care strategy, which includes scaling Hospital at Home to all markets across the Enterprise, and working to advance legislative policy, payment models and corporate partnerships that support home-based care.
Previously, Colleen served in a dual role at Atrium Health as vice president of clinical integration and chief nurse executive for Atrium Health Medical Group, responsible for non-provider clinical practice and role optimization in ambulatory care. In addition, she was responsible for strategic and operational leadership for the Atrium Health hospital at home program, which was accelerated through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Leff is Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research focuses on novel models of care delivery for older adults with an emphasis on home and community-based models of care, issues related to multi-morbidity and serious illness, risk prediction, and quality measurement and improvement. He Co-leads the HaH Users Group and the National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network. He is Founding Executive Editor of the Journal of Advanced Home Medicine, past -President of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine, and currently serves as a Trustee of the ABIM Foundation.
Dr David M Levine, MD MPH MA, is an internationally renowned expert in designing and implementing advanced home-based care, using digital health technology to drive health outcomes, and evaluating the quality, safety, and experience of health care. He is a practicing general internist and clinician-investigator at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he founded and co-directs Brigham’s home hospital program and co-directs the general internal medicine fellowship. He co-founded and co-chairs the Hospital at Home Users Group, a collaborative of home hospital programs throughout the US and Canada. He is core faculty at Ariadne Labs, a center for health systems innovation at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham, where he studies rural home hospital and scaling home hospital.
Ila Mapp, DNP, RN, CENP, CCRN has been enhancing her nursing craft for over 20 years through travel nursing, bedside patient care, and leadership. In 2008, Ila joined the UNC Health organization advancing from clinical nurse to Nurse Manager. She has held a leadership roles within UNC Medical Center and UNC Health since 2013 with her specialty in critical care managing four specialty teams: Rapid Response, ICU Transport, Venous Access Team, and CVAD Liaison. Ila now serves as Director for Advanced Care at Home – an innovative utilization of technology providing acute care for patients in their homes. This model of healthcare incorporates the collaboration of internal and external community stakeholders inclusive of Paramedics and Home Health Nursing working together with the common goal of patient-centered care for the Triangle of North Carolina.
Constantinos (Taki) Michaelidis, MD, MBA, MS cares for patients as a Virtual Home Hospitalist in the UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) Home Hospital program where he is Medical Director and faculty in the Program in Digital Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Prior to joining UMMMC, he was Senior Medical Director in the Atrius Health home hospital program. There, he supported local and national home hospital program development and designed and scaled new acute and post-acute home-based care models for a predominantly frail, medically complex and home-bound population in eastern Massachusetts.
Dr. Richard Rothman is a Regional Chief Medical Operations Officer for Cleveland Clinic Florida and the Vice Chief for Integrated Hospital Care Institute for Cleveland Clinic. In his role, he oversees Cleveland Clinic Hospital Care at Home. Dr. Rothman graduated from St. George’s University School of Medicine in 2009. He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in Boston, Ma, at the Massachusetts General Hospital and completed both his internship and residency at the Lahey Clinic, also in Massachusetts. He received his diplomate in Internal Medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is active member of the American College of Physicians and Society of Hospital Medicine.
Hemali Sudhalkar, MD, MPH is an Internal Medicine Hospitalist and Palliative Care physician at The Permanente Medical Group in San Jose, CA. She serves as the Regional Medical Director of Hospital Quality and Care Experience for the 21 medical centers within Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California region. Dr. Sudhalkar received her medical education in India and earned a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from Emory University. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, CA. Dr. Sudhalkar is dedicated to ensuring that every patient receives the highest quality care, at the right place and time, with a holistic focus on the needs of both the patient and their family. She has a Six Sigma Black Belt in process improvement and actively applies lean methodologies to enhance care delivery.
As the Chief Medical Officer for Mount Sinai at Home, Dr. Truong creates vision to deliver patient-centered quality care to patients in their homes. She has implemented strategies to launch, grow and integrate programs on the continuum of home-based care – Hospital at Home, Rehabilitation at Home, Palliative Care at Home and other home-care clinical services within the Mount Sinai at Home portfolio. She is passionate about addressing health equity and believes that home-based care, particularly acute at home care is well-positioned and is an important tool to advance health equity. Dr. Truong graduated from Swarthmore College in Economics and Biology, obtained her MD at Temple University Katz School of Medicine, and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Mount Sinai.
Over the past five years, hospital at home has evolved from a promising innovation to a rapidly expanding care model across the United States. Accelerated by the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver during the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have piloted, scaled, and refined programs delivering hospital-level care in patients’ homes. This opening presentation will examine the major milestones, evidence, and policy developments that have shaped the field since 2020 and set the stage for what’s to come. Speakers will explore lessons learned from implementation, clinical outcomes, payment and regulatory shifts, and health system adoption. Looking forward, the discussion will highlight key opportunities and challenges that will define the next phase of hospital at home with the five-year waiver extension.
Transforming healthcare requires more than new technologies, it demands a focus on the people at the center of care. This opening session will share how health systems can implement innovative care models while preserving the human experience. The presenter will discuss strategies for effective change management, fostering collaboration, and empowering care teams to deliver compassionate, high-quality care. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to balance operational efficiency, clinical outcomes, and the personal needs of patients, demonstrating that true innovation starts with human-centered leadership.
As hospital-at-home programs expand nationwide, scaling effectively requires strategic planning, operational excellence, and strong leadership. This session will bring together national leaders to share insights from successful multi-site implementations, highlighting best practices for growth, standardization, and sustainability. Attendees will learn how to navigate regulatory frameworks, optimize staffing models, integrate technology, and maintain high-quality, patient-centered care while expanding program reach. Case studies will illustrate strategies for overcoming common challenges, demonstrating measurable outcomes, and building organizational support. Participants will gain actionable guidance to scale their hospital-at-home programs, improving access, outcomes, and long-term impact.
Navigating policy and regulatory requirements is critical for the sustainability and growth of hospital-at-home programs. This session will provide an overview of current federal and state regulations, waiver opportunities, and reimbursement models shaping high-acuity home-based care. The session will examine potential policy changes, advocacy strategies, and lessons learned from successful implementations. Attendees will gain practical guidance to align programs with compliance requirements, maximize financial viability, and influence policy development. This session will equip healthcare leaders with the knowledge needed to advance hospital-at-home initiatives, expand patient access, and ensure long-term program sustainability.
As health systems expand hospital-at-home programs under the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver, understanding federal reporting requirements is critical for compliance and program sustainability. This session will provide a practical overview of the data submission, quality reporting, and operational documentation required by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for participating hospitals. Experts will discuss common challenges, evolving expectations, and strategies for building internal reporting infrastructure that supports both regulatory compliance and program evaluation. Attendees will gain clear guidance on aligning clinical workflows, technology platforms, and quality metrics to successfully meet CMS requirements while scaling Hospital at Home services.
Join this 75-minute hands-on hackathon to design the “dream state” waiver for hospital-at-home programs beyond the current five-year extension, expiring in 2030. Small group teams will tackle the big questions: which regulations should continue, stop, or start? What does the final, ideal waiver look like? Facilitators will guide teams in balancing flexibility, scalability, patient safety, and program sustainability. Teams will present their proposals for peer and expert feedback, leaving participants with innovative, actionable strategies to inform advocacy, program planning, and long-term growth.
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Join hospital-at-home leaders as they explore designing and implementing post-surgical hospital-at-home programs. Building on Boston Medical Center’s research on surgeon awareness and engagement, the panel will cover change management, workflow development, and patient intake strategies. Learn how hospital-at-home, early-supported discharge, and home-based care models support surgical patients, and gain practical insights from case studies highlighting successful implementation, lessons learned, and strategies to optimize hospital flow and patient outcomes.
For health systems seeking to establish hospital-at-home programs, this session will provide a practical roadmap from concept to launch. Participants will explore key steps including regulatory requirements, staffing models, telehealth integration, and operational planning. Case studies will demonstrate how organizations have overcome initial barriers, engaged stakeholders, and implemented workflows that support safe, high-acuity care at home. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to build a foundation for successful program launch, mitigate risks, and achieve early wins while improving access, outcomes, and patient satisfaction in both urban and rural settings.
Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) play a critical role in hospital-at-home programs, bridging clinical expertise, quality improvement, and care coordination. This roundtable will explore how CNSs contribute to patient assessment, care planning, staff education, and protocol development, ensuring safe and effective delivery of acute care at home. Participants will discuss strategies for integrating CNSs into multi-disciplinary teams, leveraging their expertise to support clinical decision-making, and measuring outcomes that demonstrate value. Attendees will engage in peer dialogue about challenges, successes, and innovative approaches, gaining practical insights into maximizing the CNS role to strengthen hospital-at-home programs.
*Limited to 20 participants. Sign up at the registration desk.
Established hospital-at-home programs face ongoing challenges in streamlining care delivery and optimizing outcomes. This session will explore advanced strategies for clinical workflow optimization, interdisciplinary coordination, and care transition management. Attendees will learn how mature programs leverage data analytics, continuous quality improvement, and operational innovations to enhance efficiency, patient safety, and satisfaction. Real-world examples will highlight approaches to managing complex patient populations, reducing readmissions, and aligning care teams across settings. This session will equip leaders of existing programs with actionable insights to refine operations, scale services effectively, and sustain high-quality hospital-level care in patients’ homes.
For health systems launching hospital-at-home programs, understanding financial viability is critical. This session will explore strategies for operationalizing reimbursement, leveraging value-based payment models, and managing costs while delivering high-acuity care at home. Participants will learn how to align program design with payer requirements, optimize revenue streams, and demonstrate value to leadership and stakeholders. Case studies will highlight successful approaches for achieving early financial sustainability, mitigating risk, and scaling programs efficiently. Attendees will leave equipped with practical tools and insights to build financially sustainable hospital-at-home programs that improve access, quality, and patient outcomes.
*Limited to 20 participants. Sign up at the registration desk.
As hospital-at-home programs expand across the United States, accreditation and regulatory oversight are becoming increasingly important to ensure quality, safety, and consistency. With the introduction of standards from the Joint Commission specific to hospital at home and home-based acute care models, health systems must understand how to prepare their programs for compliance. This session will provide a practical overview of emerging requirements, including clinical protocols, patient safety processes, documentation, and program governance. Speakers will share early experiences with accreditation readiness and surveys, offering guidance on how organizations can align operations, workflows, and quality frameworks to meet evolving standards.
Building a successful hospital-at-home program starts with the right team and strategic partnerships. This session will explore innovative staffing models, including integration of nurses, physicians, paramedics, and community providers, tailored for new program implementation. Participants will learn how to leverage local resources, align interdisciplinary teams, and foster collaborations with external partners to ensure safe, efficient care delivery. Real-world case studies will highlight effective approaches to workforce planning, overcoming recruitment challenges, and establishing protocols that support program launch. Attendees will leave equipped with strategies to assemble skilled teams and create sustainable operations for high-acuity care at home.
(Small Group Presentations – 15 minutes each, repeated 4 x over one hour) Please sign up at the Registration Desk. Registrants will be assigned a group and station at which to begin. Each group will view four (4) 15-minute presentations in total across the hour.
Hospital at home has the potential to expand access to high-acuity care while improving patient experience and outcomes, but ensuring equitable access remains a critical challenge. Factors such as housing conditions, broadband connectivity, caregiver availability, and geographic location can influence who is able to participate in hospital-at-home programs. This session will examine how health systems are addressing these barriers to ensure that hospital at home does not inadvertently widen existing disparities. The speaker will highlight strategies to expand eligibility, partner with community organizations, leverage technology creatively, and design inclusive care models that reach diverse patient populations while maintaining safety, quality, and patient-centered care.
For health systems launching hospital-at-home programs, understanding financial viability is critical. This session will explore strategies for operationalizing reimbursement, leveraging value-based payment models, and managing costs while delivering high-acuity care at home. Participants will learn how to align program design with payer requirements, optimize revenue streams, and demonstrate value to leadership and stakeholders. Case studies highlight successful approaches for achieving early financial sustainability, mitigating risk, and scaling programs efficiently. Attendees will leave equipped with practical tools and insights to build financially sustainable hospital-at-home programs that improve access, quality, and patient outcomes.
(Small Group Presentations – 15 minutes each, repeated 4 x over one hour) Please sign up at the Registration Desk. Registrants will be assigned a group and station at which to begin. Each group will view four (4) 15-minute presentations in total across the hour.
Staffing is the backbone of a successful hospital-at-home program, yet designing and sustaining the right team requires careful planning. This session will explore staffing strategies across the full spectrum of hospital-at-home care, including provider staffing models, remote clinical teams, and hybrid in-home and virtual workflows. Speakers will share best practices for recruiting, training, and retaining clinicians and support staff, managing scheduling and coverage across dispersed geographies, and leveraging telehealth and technology to optimize care delivery. Attendees will leave with actionable approaches to build resilient, scalable teams that maintain quality, patient safety, and staff engagement in hospital-at-home programs.
As hospital-at-home programs expand nationwide, integrating Medicaid populations remains both a major opportunity and a complex challenge. This session will explore how health systems, payers, and policymakers are designing hospital-at-home models that effectively serve Medicaid beneficiaries while ensuring sustainable reimbursement and equitable access to high-acuity care at home. The session will examine emerging state Medicaid policies, managed care strategies, and innovative partnerships that enable hospital at home adoption. Attendees will gain practical insights on regulatory pathways, payment models, and operational considerations necessary to extend hospital-at-home programs to diverse and underserved populations while advancing value-based care and health equity.
Hospital-at-home programs depend on coordinated logistics, reliable staffing, and uninterrupted technology, making them particularly vulnerable to external disruptions. Government shutdowns, severe weather events, public emergencies, and large-scale citywide disruptions can all affect patient safety, workforce availability, supply chains, and virtual care infrastructure. This session will explore how leading programs are developing emergency preparedness and contingency models specifically for hospital-at-home operations. The session will share practical strategies for maintaining clinical continuity, adjusting staffing models, communicating with patients and partners, and coordinating with health systems and local emergency management agencies. Attendees will gain actionable insights to strengthen resilience and ensure safe care delivery during unpredictable events.
Technology and telehealth are critical enablers for scaling hospital-at-home programs while maintaining high-quality, patient-centered care. This expert panel will bring together leaders from health systems, technology providers, and clinical operations to explore strategies for integrating remote monitoring, virtual visits, and data analytics into care workflows. Panelists will discuss overcoming implementation challenges, ensuring interoperability, and leveraging digital tools to enhance patient engagement and clinical decision-making. Attendees will gain practical insights into building scalable, technology-enabled programs, optimizing telehealth adoption, and using innovative solutions to expand access, improve outcomes, and drive operational efficiency in hospital-at-home initiatives.
As hospital-at-home programs mature, many health systems and provider organizations are exploring opportunities to expand beyond a single market. Multi-state growth introduces new opportunities, but also complex challenges related to licensure, regulatory variation, payer contracting, workforce models, and technology infrastructure. This session will examine strategies for successfully scaling hospital at home across multiple states while maintaining clinical quality and operational consistency. Speakers will share lessons from organizations that have navigated differing state regulations, built regional partnerships, and developed scalable care delivery models. Attendees will gain practical insights into governance, operational design, and policy considerations essential for sustainable multi-state expansion.
The Rural Health Forum is a full-day, pre-conference program designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing rural health systems as care increasingly shifts beyond traditional hospital walls. Convening rural health executives, clinicians, policymakers, and innovators, the Forum will explore how Hospital at Home, virtual care, and remote patient monitoring can be adapted to resource-constrained environments while maintaining quality, safety, and financial sustainability.
Through case studies, interactive discussions, and expert-led sessions, participants will examine workforce strategies, regulatory considerations, reimbursement pathways, and partnerships that enable rural organizations to expand access to acute and post-acute care. The Forum also highlights how federal and state investments, including rural health transformation initiatives, can serve as catalysts for scalable, community-centered models of care.
Attendees will leave with practical insights, peer connections, and actionable frameworks to advance care delivery innovation in rural communities, setting the stage for deeper engagement throughout the Hospital @ Home Leadership Summit.
Rural communities face unique healthcare challenges, including limited hospital access, workforce shortages, and higher rates of chronic illness. This session will explore how hospital-at-home programs are transforming care delivery in rural settings by bringing hospital-level care directly to patients’ homes. Attendees will hear real-world success stories, lessons learned, and strategies to overcome barriers such as staffing, technology integration, and reimbursement limitations. This session will provide actionable insights for health system leaders seeking to expand access, improve patient outcomes, and create sustainable, high-acuity care models in rural communities.
Delivering hospital-level care in the home has demonstrated strong outcomes in urban and suburban settings, but questions remain about its feasibility in rural communities. This session will present findings from a recent randomized controlled trial examining the implementation of hospital at home in rural settings. The study evaluated clinical outcomes, patient experience, operational challenges, and infrastructure requirements unique to rural environments. Attendees will gain insights into care delivery models, technology and workforce considerations, and policy implications for expanding hospital programs beyond metropolitan areas while maintaining quality, safety, and scalability.
Delivering hospital-level care in rural settings presents complex challenges, from limited workforce and clinician shortages to telehealth integration and supply chain logistics. This expert panel brings together leaders in rural healthcare to discuss strategies for overcoming these obstacles and expanding access to high-acuity care at home. Panelists will share lessons learned from early program implementation, innovative approaches to workforce recruitment and retention, and best practices for leveraging technology and logistics to ensure safe, efficient care. Attendees will gain actionable insights to strengthen rural hospital-at-home programs and improve patient outcomes in underserved communities.
Delivering hospital at home in rural settings requires creative approaches to finance, technology, and clinical operations. This panel will bring together experts across these domains, including health system finance, IT infrastructure, and physician leadership to explore how innovation drives rural hospital-at-home programs. Speakers will discuss strategies for funding and sustaining programs in low-volume markets, leveraging telehealth and digital tools to extend care, and aligning clinical workflows with unique community needs. Attendees will gain insights into overcoming operational challenges, scaling services across dispersed populations, and building collaborative models that improve access, quality, and patient outcomes in rural health settings.
Rural hospital-at-home programs rely on technology to deliver high-acuity care at a distance. This session will highlight innovative remote monitoring tools, telehealth platforms, and data-driven approaches that enable clinicians to safely manage patients in their homes. Attendees will explore case studies demonstrating improved outcomes, reduced hospital admissions, and enhanced patient satisfaction. The discussion will also cover integration challenges, technology adoption strategies, and practical tips for scaling virtual care solutions in rural communities, equipping health system leaders with actionable insights to strengthen their hospital-at-home programs through effective digital care delivery.
This session will explore how the recent federal $50 billion Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program is catalyzing RPM development broadly and having ripple effects in non-rural settings. Attendees will learn how health systems, state governments and other stakeholders are leveraging this unprecedented funding as an accelerant to modernize care delivery, address workforce shortages, and improve outcomes across geographies, all through best-in-class RPM.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to reshape healthcare delivery, with particular promise for rural hospital-at-home programs. From predictive analytics that identify patients at risk of deterioration to remote monitoring tools that support virtual care, AI can enhance safety, efficiency, and access in resource-limited settings. This session will explore real-world applications of AI in rural H@H programs, highlighting innovations in clinical decision support, workflow optimization, and patient engagement. Speakers will discuss opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations, providing attendees with practical insights into how AI can strengthen care delivery, expand access, and improve outcomes for rural patients receiving hospital-level care at home.
Successful rural hospital-at-home programs require strong collaboration across health systems, community providers, and local resources. This session will focus on strategies for establishing and sustaining partnerships that address staffing gaps, transportation challenges, and access to specialty care. Participants will learn how to leverage community networks, engage local stakeholders, and align incentives to create sustainable, high-quality care models. Through real-world examples, attendees will gain actionable insights into building trust, streamlining workflows, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams, enabling them to expand hospital-at-home programs while improving patient outcomes and increasing access to hospital-level care in rural communities.
The Hospital at Home Leadership Summit is the premier gathering for healthcare leaders, innovators, and stakeholders driving the expansion and success of home-based acute care models. Returning for its 7th edition, this event serves as a hub for collaboration, thought leadership, and actionable insights tailored to advancing hospital-at-home programs.
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