Home Hospital Early Adopters Accelerator
Accelerating the Adoption of New Models of Care to Deliver Better Outcomes for Hospitals and Patients
PROJECT TEAM
PROGRAM RESOURCES

Knowledge Products & Descriptions
Project Overview
The home hospital early adopters (HHEA) accelerator program launched in September 2021 to leverage a unique and timely opportunity created when CMS issued the Hospital Without Walls waiver. The emergency waiver responded to over-capacity issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic and provided broad regulatory flexibility to hospitals to provide services in locations beyond their facilities – including in a patient’s home. CaroNova recognized the long-term utility for this type of care beyond the pandemic and acted quickly to better understand the model. CaroNova interviewed health systems on needs and capitalized on the opportunity to act. Not only does the home hospital model create a framework to support patients and caregivers in an environment that provides physical and psychological comfort and potentially less disruption to daily routines, but it also preserves traditional hospital beds and hospital staff attention for patients with more critical, high touch needs.
Process and Participants
CaroNova partnered with Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to provide technical assistance for the accelerator. In September 2021, CaroNova and Ariadne Labs launched a 40-week intensive program that included a total of 91 representatives from 18 health systems in the U.S. and South Africa.
Participating hospitals and health systems include:
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Atrium Health, North and South Carolina
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CaroMont Health, North Carolina
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Carteret Health Care, North Carolina
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Discovery Health, South Africa
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Duke Raleigh Hospital, North Carolina
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Healing Hands Healthcare, Texas
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McLeod Health Cheraw, South Carolina
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Moffitt Cancer Center, Florida
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MUSC Health, South Carolina
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Novant Health, North Carolina
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Roper St. Francis Healthcare, South Carolina
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Scotland Health Care System, North Carolina
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Sentara Healthcare, North Carolina
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Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital, South Carolina
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The MetroHealth System, Ohio
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UNC Health, North Carolina
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee
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WakeMed, North Carolina
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Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, New Hampshire
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Accelerator participants worked together from September 2021 through June 2022 to rapidly design 20 knowledge products to support the successful implementation of home hospital programs. These tools can be leveraged by participating health systems to accelerate the adoption of a home hospital model, improve value for both hospitals and patients, and enhance home hospital patients’ experience.
Below is a table that includes the final developed knowledge products and respective description of each tool.