Over the last six years, Holy Cross Health and Sound Physicians have formulated a partnership to enhance the care of our patients across the non-profit hospital’s network. Holy Cross Health has an extensive medical group of primary care physicians, specialists and advanced practice professionals who provide an array of services to the community spanning Broward and Palm Beach counties. Holy Cross Health has been serving these communities for more than 66 years with a focus that continues to be on providing care to the sick and injured of all races, religions, nationalities or sexual orientations in an environment where your safety is our priority.
Holy Cross Health’s various Advanced Patient Management programs were established to support better care, better outcomes and lower costs to patients and its health system. Over the course of these six years, Holy Cross has developed a robust partnership with its community providers including skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, home health agencies and other critical service areas. This robust network allowed Holy Cross healthcare professionals to quickly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 as the safety of colleagues and the communities Holy Cross serves are of paramount importance.
The newest Holy Cross Health initiative is the reintroduction of the Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner (APRN) Home Visit Program. The overarching role of the APRN is clinical care oversight in the home to support a safe transition from hospital to home or from Skilled Nursing Facility to Home within 24 to 48 hours of discharge or as it is known at Holy Cross Health, “Safe Transitions Across the Continuum of Care.” The APRN will be coordinating care with the hospital’s Acute and Post-Acute Care Coordination Teams. This includes the Emergency Room, Population Health and Home Health Care Nurses. This level of care includes physical examinations, initiating clinical orders, for example, home health for registered nurse, physical or occupational therapist, speech therapist or a social worker and adjusting or adding medications where appropriate in coordination with the primary care provider.
The APRN Home Visit Program, in partnership with Sound Physicians, is slated to re-launch March 1, 2021 and will ultimately be offered to all applicable Holy Cross Health patients and members across its care continuum. It will be rolled out in a multi-phased approach focusing on the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program Diagnoses and its Alternate Payment Model populations. Holy Cross Health looks forward to extending these offerings to a wider cross section of the population. The APRN Home Visit Program supports the core values of Holy Cross Health, which includes safety, stewardship and reverence, as well as Holy Cross Health’s mission to serve as the community’s trusted healthcare partner for life.
