At 34, Caroline faced a ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐. As both a patient and an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant with 18 years of experience, she saw firsthand how patients are essentially "dropped off a cliff" after hospital discharge.
The numbers are staggering:
โข Average time to follow-up in the US: ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐
โข Most critical intervention window: first ๐ฐ๐ด-๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐
โข Dimer's readmission reduction: ๐ฒ๐ด.๐ณ%
โข Patient satisfaction (NPS): ๐ต๐ฐ
Her solution? A new medical specialty she calls "๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ" - combining 24/7 medical support with AI-enhanced personalization to bridge the gap between hospital discharge and recovery.
๐ฅ My favorite quote from Caroline:
"๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด."
The results speak for themselves. Her team is catching issues that would have led to readmissions, from post-surgical complications to medication side effects. One patient's words say it all: "๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐."
With backing from ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, and other top investors, Caroline is impacting post-discharge care. Her vision? Making transitional care as standard as physical therapy is for orthopedics.
๐๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ.๐
Show Caroline Hodge and
@Dimer_Health some love!
Check out my full conversation with Caroline:
sliceofhealthcare.com/478-caโฆ
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