Create capacity for higher-value care
Free constrained inpatient and ED resources for patients who truly need hospital-level care.
Care doesn't end at discharge
Give the ER more options than admission.
Carina Health is a care coordination service that gives ER teams greater confidence in what happens after discharge. We take responsibility for moving the next step in care from a recommendation to a completed action, so an alternative to admission becomes a plan the treating team can act on.
From discharge plan to delivered care
A discharge plan is only as useful as the follow-through.
A clinician may know what a patient needs next, but that care often sits outside the ER team’s control. When the next step is uncertain, an otherwise appropriate discharge can be harder to act on.
Carina Health is built to close that gap. We bring coordination and follow-through to the care that comes next, giving the treating team greater confidence that the plan will become reality.
Support starts in the ER. Follow-through continues beyond it.
Identify options in the ER
Carina Health monitors the active census and flags patients who may be appropriate for care outside the hospital.
- Active census monitoring
- Potential alternatives flagged
- Treating-team review
Carry the plan forward
Carina Health turns the treating team’s plan into coordinated arrangements and follows through to completion.
- Provider acceptance confirmed
- Care arrangements coordinated
- Completion tracked
Results and impact
Create more value across the care continuum.
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How Carina Health works
From a possible alternative to a completed next step.
Carina Health brings the work of arranging care and following through into one service. We’re designing it around existing clinical workflows so the ER team can focus on the patient in front of them.
Step 1
Identify
Monitor the active ER census and flag patients who may be appropriate for an alternative to admission. Surface potential options for the treating team using the health system’s clinical criteria.
Step 2
Evaluate
Review the patient’s needs alongside potential care options. Establish what the next step requires and when it needs to happen.
Step 3
Coordinate
Confirm provider acceptance and bring the arrangements together. Coordinate authorization, scheduling, transportation, and handoffs as needed.
Step 4
Follow through
Track whether the next step actually happens. Resolve barriers and communicate when the plan needs to change.
The treating team makes the clinical and disposition decisions. Carina Health focuses on coordinating the next step and carrying the plan forward.
Patient journey
The recommendation is only the beginning.
A patient needs continued treatment for an infection. The treating team determines that care outside the hospital could be appropriate if the treatment and follow-up can be arranged.
Today’s referral gaps
- Referral sent. Next step uncertain.
- Follow-through falls between teams.
- Limited visibility after discharge.
- Cases left unresolved.
With Carina Health
- Next step arranged and confirmed.
- One service owns the follow-through.
- Progress tracked after discharge.
- Cases followed through to closure.
Care pathways
Where coordinated alternatives could help.
Each health system has different patient needs and care resources. We select starting points together based on where coordination could make a meaningful difference.
Infections and home-based treatment
Home infusion and outpatient antibiotic therapy for patients who can receive continued treatment outside the hospital.
Cardiopulmonary care
Virtual-ward and home-based acute-care pathways where clinically appropriate.
Urgent specialty needs
Timely outpatient evaluation when access to specialty care is the barrier.
Serious illness and supportive care
Palliative, hospice, and other supportive-care pathways aligned with the patient’s goals and care needs.
Built around the health system
Your clinical standards.
Your care ecosystem.
Carina Health is built around the programs, partners, and clinical standards a health system already has. Our role is to make those resources easier to act on and help carry the plan through the gaps between organizations.
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Health-system-approved clinical pathways and governance
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Existing internal programs and external care partners
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Fit with clinical and operational workflows
Let’s start a conversation
Where does the plan break down after the ER?
We’re looking for health-system partners to help shape the first Carina Health pathways. Let’s discuss where follow-through breaks down, which care resources are already available, and what a focused first collaboration could look like.