HealthConnections: Is Home-Based Care a New Normal?

By Chrissy Keuper

Published January 24, 2023 at 5:00 AM EST

The move to home-based care got a big boost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now there are questions about the sustainability and demand for this model of care delivery and whether home-based care could be a new normal. There are barriers that impede the growth of home-based care. We also need to assess if the evidence supports embracing home-based care as a cost-effective, high-quality alternative to more traditional health care delivery. Dr. Carole Myers, Professor Emerita in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, speaks with Kevin Riddleberger, a co-founder and chief strategy officer for DispatchHealth, which has entered the Knoxville-area market.

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Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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