Kim Petram

Director, Case Management · Valley Medical Center · company speakers →

What if 'home' became the default discharge destination — not the exception? The Why Not Home initiative at Valley Medical Center is a scalable, interdisciplinary framework that challenges traditional discharge patterns and embeds proactive planning earlier in the inpatient stay. By aligning hospitalists, care management, primary care, patients, families, and community partners around a shared goal of safely returning more patients home, Valley achieved a 37% increase in home discharges, a 28% decrease in SNF discharges, a 7.3% improvement in length of stay index, and a reduction in ED median boarding time from 6.9 to 3.8 hours. In this session, leaders will learn how to operationalize a 'home-first' mindset across the care continuum, identify the workflow and culture changes that drive measurable throughput gains, and walk away with practical strategies to improve length of stay, patient safety, and total cost of care — without sacrificing patient-centered outcomes.

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