Lifespark Partnership Helps North Memorial Health Lower Rehospitalization Rates

Jan 8, 2020
Meaghan Puglisi
1-min Read

Andrew Dolan of Home Health Care News took a deeper dive into Lifespark and North Memorial Health’s partnership to develop a senior strategy to help people achieve their best health.

‘Minneapolis-based North Memorial Health has partnered with Lifespark, a holistic home care provider also based in Minneapolis, to help serve the health system’s rapidly aging patient population. And the partnership is already seeing some impressive results in terms of lowering re-hospitalization rates and ER utilization.’

Read on for the full story…

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