• Meghna Desai, Sarah Findeisen, Stephanie Blitzer, Miriam Tardif-Douglin, Indigo Miller, Bruce Leff, LaPonda Edmondson, Carme Hernandez, and David M Levine.
• Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA.
• J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Oct 1; 39 (13): 250525142505-2514.

BackgroundFollowing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' approval of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, an increasing number of health care organizations launched Home Hospital (HH) programs in the USA. Ongoing barriers include access to HH expertise and a standard, comprehensive set of implementation tools. We created the HH Early Adopters Accelerator to bring together a network of health care organizations to develop tools ("knowledge products") necessary for HH implementation.ObjectiveTo demonstrate the feasibility of the Accelerator approach for generating and implementing relevant, high-quality knowledge products.DesignMixed methods evaluation of the Accelerator. Surveys and qualitative interviews of Accelerator participants were conducted. Surveys elicited feedback on the knowledge products, including time spent on development, perceived utility and quality, and implementation success. The qualitative interviews gathered more in-depth information on topics covered in the surveys.ParticipantsEighteen healthcare organizations and 105 individuals participated in the Accelerator.Key ResultsThe Accelerator reached its goal and developed 20 knowledge products in 32 working weeks (more efficient than expected). Participants agreed that the knowledge products were useful (developers: 98.1%; stakeholders: 93.8%), of high quality (developers: 96.8%), and would improve patient care if implemented in their HH program (developers: 91.7%; stakeholders: 91.2%). Two thirds (66.7%) of the participating organizations who had implemented knowledge products at 3 months continued utilizing knowledge products in their HH program at 1 year. Agreement that knowledge products improve patient care persisted (92% strongly agreed or agreed) at 1 year. Several programs created new tools, policies, and workflows as a result of implementing the knowledge products.ConclusionsThe Accelerator created high-quality, comprehensive knowledge products that healthcare organizations found useful for safe HH implementation 1 year later. The Accelerator approach can feasibly help healthcare organizations safely bridge the gap between innovation and standard practice.© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine.

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