Alameda Health System (AHS) was featured in Beckers’s Hospital Review last week for a story about house calls for patients. AHS is the recipient of The Building Trust Grant, a $40,000 award that will help AHS doctors offer home visits to patients who need them most. Read the article here.
House calls are a model of care most often associated with old-fashioned or luxury health care. But the benefits of house calls may be most impactful when applied to vulnerable populations who are disproportionately impacted by social determinants of health that negatively impact their wellbeing.
“This grant will help AHS offer low barrier and patient-centered, home-based medical care to folks who are in the safety net,” said Dr. Alejandro Diaz, vice-chair of internal medicine at AHS. “It’s a one-of-a-kind program that allows doctors to meet patients where they are and make direct interventions that can change the course of a patient’s life. This program underscores our commitment to proactively addressing the barriers our patients face in receiving care.”
The Building Trust grant is funded by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the ABIM Foundation, the American College of Physicians (ACP), and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and will provide AHS with around $40,000 to support the home visit program.