Case Study
A Better End of Life Experience: Enhancing Patient Care and Reducing Costs
A Better End of Life Experience: Enhancing Patient Care and Reducing Costs system sought to better support its patients and their families with end of life care planning, through support from its population health department. Partners Population Health is a team of teams dedicated to researching and redesigning clinical care in a way that focuses on the whole patient. They design population health management strategies, programs, and tools. To identify and test meaningful interventions, Partners Population Health collaborates closely with frontline clinicians. A central team works with staff across the Partners system to develop, implement , and manage a systemwide value- based care strategy for all patient populations. HOME-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM Born out of a pilot at M