Scalable hospital at home with virtual physician visits: pilot study.

To evaluate the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of a substitutive Hospital at Home (HaH) model where physician care was provided via 2-way biometrically enhanced tele-video for a 34-day care episode.Prospective, nonrandomized, quasi-experiment.Using medical record and patient survey data, we compared patients cared for in HaH (n = 50) versus the traditional acute care hospital (n = 52).Patients in HaH had substantial contact with the HaH...