Paula Ward, a 71-year-old South Boston resident, receiving care at her home.

‘We want this to be able to continue’: Successful home hospital programs could be victims of D.C. gridlock

Paula Ward’s phone rang at 2:08 a.m., waking her up on the couch in her apartment in South Boston. It was her nurse. Ward’s oxygen levels had dropped, the nurse said, explaining the early morning call. She asked Ward to clamp a small device to the end of her finger to check her oxygen saturation, or percentage of oxygen in her blood.
‘We want this to be able to continue’: Successful home hospital programs could be victims of D.C. gridlock

Justin Precourt RN, DNP NEA-BC

Justin Precourt is the President of UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC). UMMMC is an 800-bed tertiary referral teaching hospital that employs 8,500 caregivers across three campuses and multiple community sites in central Massachusetts. The flagship member of UMass Memorial Health, UMMMC is a $2 billion nonprofit hospital that provides lifesaving care to over 1.5 million people throughout central New England.

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