Practice Standards Council
The Users Group Practice Standards Council has developed the first national practice standards for Hospital at Home. This is a supplement to research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. You can find the original research paper here.
Please note: the HaH Practice Standards are only available for use with permission. Fill out this survey for access.
Ongoing Projects
Version Two: Practice Standards for Acute Hospital Care at Home
The council is currently in the process of updating the original practice standards. Users Group’s HaH Practice Standards 2.0 is expected to launch in October 2025, following an open comment period in September 2025. If you wish to comment on the revised standards during this period, please complete our Hospital at Home Users Group™ prospective members form.
Site Visit Exchange Program
The Hospital at Home Users Group Practice Standards Council is assessing the interest in, and feasibility of, a HaH Site Visit Exchange Program across the United States and Canada.
The focus of this program would be reciprocal, self-funded site visits (local or virtual), where programs can assess each other based on the HaH Practice Standards (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, March 2025). This program would be open to all active Hospital at Home Programs regardless of size or maturity.
Opportunities for participating programs:
- For the Visiting Team: Gain an in-depth understanding of a peer HaH program’s successes and challenges. Visitors may be invited to share their expertise via a presentation, leading workshops, or conducting Grand Rounds.
- For the Host Team: Receive a confidential, constructive assessment from a trusted peer HaH program and gain insights on your own program.
- For Both Programs: Build new and lasting professional relationships, expand networks for problem solving for your HaH program, and work together on improving HaH patient care.
Please complete the Site Visit Exchange Interest Form to help us gauge interest in this program.
Publications
Hospital at Home Users Group Practice Standards Council (Accepted/In press). Practice Standards for Acute Hospital Care at Home. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19427
Practice Standards Council Membership
Council Leaders
Stephanie Murphy, DO, FHM (Dispatch Health)
David Levine, MD, MPH, MA (Mass General Brigham)
Bruce Leff, MD (John Hopkins)
Council Members
Chrisanne Timpe, MD (HealthPartners)
Margaret Paulson, DO (Mayo Clinic)
Christine Lum Lung, MD, MBA (Origin Healthcare)
Michael Nottidge, MD, MPH, MBA (Contessa Health)
Karen Titchener, MSN, NP, RN (Maribel Health)
Pamela Saengar, MD, MPH (Inbound Health)
Peter Read, DO (Unity Point)
Rajan Gurunathan, MD FACP (Hackensack Meridian Health)
James Kenney, MD (Ohio State University Medical)
Victoria Sinyak, PA-C (Mass General Brigham)