Hackensack Meridian Health Expands Hospital From Home Program To Two More Hospitals, Expanding Access To This Successful Program Which Allows Patients to Receive Care In The Comfort Of Their Own Home
July 07, 2025
Five Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals now participating in Hospital from Home program that has treated more than 1,000 patients
Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network continues to innovate how care is delivered and expand patient access to care with the expansion of Hospital From Home, a program that provides hospital-level care to patients from the comfort of their home.
Hospital From Home care will now be offered to patients who qualify through Ocean University Medical Center in Brick, New Jersey and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford Township, New Jersey. The latest sites build on the network's robust existing Hospital From Home program currently offered through Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, JFK University Medical Center in Edison, and Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey.
“At Hackensack Meridian Health, we are committed to providing high-quality, hospital-level care where patients are most comfortable; for some, this is in their own home,” said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, chief executive officer of Hackensack Meridian Health. “For more than a year our Hospital From Home program has expanded access to care by allowing more than one-thousand patients to receive hospital level care in the comfort of their home. We are thrilled to expand this successful program to more patients in other communities we serve.”
Hospital From Home launched in late April 2024 after a successful 2022 pilot at JFK University Medical Center. Hospital From Home has cared for more than one-thousand patients from its sites at Hackensack University Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center and JFK University Medical Center. The network has plans to expand it to all hospitals across the health system.
Hackensack Meridian’s Hospital From Home program is enabled through a partnership with Medically Home, a DispatchHealth company, the national leader in hospital at home care.
"Hackensack Meridian Health continues to set a new standard for patient care in many ways, including through their commitment to hospital at home care," said Pippa Shulman, DO, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, DispatchHealth. "Hospital care in the home creates an important new access point for patients while offering unique benefits for both patients and providers. Having visibility into care delivery in the home environment enhances clinical insight, supports stronger care coordination, and leads to better outcomes. We’re proud to support Hackensack Meridian Health as they grow this program and bring this model of care to more patients across their system.”
Home hospital care is one of the fastest-growing modes of care, delivered through a hybrid model of virtual and in-person visits. Through Hospital From Home, patients are monitored virtually through a clinically integrated, physician-led virtual command center, which operates 24 hours a day to ensure seamless patient care alongside in-person nurse visits. Services and treatments include IV antibiotics, infusions, medication management, laboratory services, physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy and imaging in a patient’s home. Meals and nutritional consultations are also available.
Through Hospital From Home, patients like Harry Gordon, 70, received regular telehealth and in-person visits as part of her treatment for his urinary tract infection. “I had contact with my medical team with the push of a button,” Harry recounts. “The nurses came and took my vitals signs, gave me IV’s in my home, brought the medications I needed to my home, test results available quickly on MyChart. Everything worked seamlessly. I was able to do all this while at home and cooking the food I enjoy in my own kitchen. I would recommend this program.”
Clinical studies have shown home hospitalization improves patient outcomes, increases patient and clinician satisfaction, saves money, reduces mortality, and lowers the risk of readmissions.
“At Hackensack Meridian Health we are proud to deliver the next generation of care,” said Patrick R. Young, president of Population Health for Hackensack Meridian Health. “This is a whole new healthcare experience for patients and their caregivers that will deliver better clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction while expanding access to patients who may avoid treatment for serious conditions because they don’t want to go to the hospital.”
The program was created under the Medicare CMS waiver during the COVID-19 pandemic and has since been granted an extension.
Medically Home collaborates with Hackensack Meridian Health as an operating partner, providing command center services, logistics, and technology needed to deliver hospital-level care in the home. Medically Home is participating in numerous successful partnerships with leading health systems nationwide.
Patients and families interested in this program should ask their admitting physician if they are eligible. Before starting care at home, individuals will receive an in-person physician evaluation and determine together if the program is right for them. Hackensack Meridian Health’s Hospital from Home accepts most major payors including Medicare, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, UnitedHealthcare and more.
Photos of Hackensack Meridian Health’s Hospital from Home program are available here, courtesy Hackensack Meridian Health. A video showing the hospital from home at work is available here.