Kara Health provides tech-enabled hospice care that utilizes home-based palliative services and telehealth to manage complex patient needs during serious illness. By partnering with healthcare providers and payers, the company aims to enhance patient quality of life while significantly reducing hospital admissions and overall care costs.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Patients facing serious illnesses often require specialized care and support to manage complex needs, particularly when seeking to remain in the comfort of their homes. Coordinating palliative and hospice services can be challenging for patients, families, healthcare providers, and payers, leading to fragmented care and increased costs.
Solution
Kara Health offers tech-enabled hospice and palliative care services, delivering comprehensive support to patients with serious illnesses in their homes. By leveraging telehealth, remote monitoring, and a multidisciplinary care team, Kara Health enhances patient quality of life, reduces hospital admissions, and lowers overall care costs. The company partners with health systems, IPAs, physician groups, and payers to provide turn-key homecare service solutions, including palliative care, hospice, home health, and non-skilled care. Kara Health's approach integrates technology with evidence-based clinical practices to optimize care delivery, manage patient journeys, and automate administrative tasks. Their patient engagement tool, Kara PE™, facilitates omni-channel communication, while Kara F&D™ leverages telehealth and business intelligence to improve service delivery.
Target Audience
Kara Health serves patients with serious illnesses, their families, health systems, IPAs, physician groups, and payers seeking to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and enhance satisfaction with home-based palliative and hospice care.
Features
- Home-based palliative and hospice care services
- Telehealth and remote patient monitoring capabilities
- Multidisciplinary care teams including physicians, nurse practitioners, therapists, and spiritual guides
- Proprietary technology platform for patient engagement, clinical innovation, and back-office automation
- Kara PE™: Omni-channel patient engagement tool for managing and tracking patient activity
- Kara F&D™: Solution optimizing service delivery through telehealth, voice analysis, and business intelligence
- Automated eligibility, intake, and billing processes
- Integration with health systems and provider networks through joint ventures and management agreements
- 24/7 patient concierge services for coordinating transportation, medication delivery, and other needs
- Specialized support for veterans, including recognition ceremonies and trauma-informed care