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Below are resources for reference, that were developed for The Independence Center’s Hospital to Home (H2H) program.
Marketing Materials for Hospital to Home
The brochures found within the section below are used as a tool to promote the H2H program to consumers and hospitals, and provide answers to the questions that individuals learning about the program may have. As part of the program, the H2H Coordinator received several branded dress shirts to wear when having interactions with consumers and hospital staff. Additionally, promotional items were available to program participants.
H2H Frequently Asked Questions
H2H Patient Brochure (Original)
Branded H2H Dress Shirts
Branded H2H Promotional Items
- Water bottles
- Pens
- Post-it notes
- Hand sanitizer
- Chapstick
- Hand mirrors
- Pill boxes
- Notebooks
Hospital to Home Documents – Evaluation & Assessment
The documents below were used for development of the H2H program, as well as for evaluating patient suitability for the program.
H2H Pilot Evaluation Map Draft
Parameters for the Target Consumer
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
H2H Transition Coordinator Job Description
Hospital to Home Documents – Process and Flow
The files below contain documentation of processes used within the H2H program and provide a roadmap for establishing a similar program.
HH Transition to Home Flow Chart – Draft
IL Transition to Home Flow Chart – Draft
Transition to Home Pilot Process Review
Viable Transitions to Home Map
Hospital to Home Documents – Information Sharing
The documents below give consent for information sharing and a survey of program successes.
Information sharing with Memorial
Patient Evaluation and Summary (UCH)
Hospital to Home – Annual Report
H2H Annual Report (July 1, 2021)
H2H Annual Report (July 20, 2020)
Hospital to Home – Success Stories
Hospital-to-Home Program Saves Lives, Slashes Costs
Two months before he was to graduate from high school, Darioun was rushed to the Emergency Department at UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, an arm of the University of Colorado Health System, with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. After numerous surgeries over many months, missing graduation day had faded to a lesser disappointment. Survival now dominated his attention as he faced a complex and extended recovery. His story turned out to be a model for the power of in-home care when it partners with a health system to improve patient outcomes and slash healthcare costs […]
Finding Your Way Home – Hospital to Home Program
Mandi Strantz, Care Transition Coordinator for The Independence Center, works tirelessly to keep people with disabilities, who have landed in the hospital, from unnecessarily being transitioned to nursing homes. There’s a disturbing trend when people with complex cases are hospitalized, and aren’t recovering quickly enough. They are often transferred to nursing homes, where many patients find themselves trapped […]
Breaking down barriers to a safe hospital discharge – Hospital to Home Program
While there’s nothing like sleeping in your own bed, and no place like home, the partnership is one of the ways that UCHealth is partnering with community agencies to provide innovative ways to reduce health care costs, readmission rates and ease capacity issues in hospitals by making beds available for the acutely ill […]
Innovative Program Helps Patient Stay in Her Home
For patients with complex recoveries or conditions, the nursing home is often their only option in order to receive the supports and services they need. However, with The Independence Center’s innovative Hospital to Home (H2H) program, patients are able to transition from the hospital back to their homes more quickly and at lower cost. Recently, […]
For more information, contact The IC at:
Patricia Yeager, CEO: pyeager@the-ic.org
Indy Frazee, Home Health Administrator: ifrazee@the-ic.org