If CMS and other payers cover it, the technology-driven trend of at-home care will affect the roles of both hospital and community physicians in acute and post-acute care.
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BOSTON - The Community CAre Transitions (C-CAT) clinical trial, which paired community health workers (CHWs) with patients admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has found that fewer intervention group participants were readmitted within 30 days than control group participants. The effect was significant for those discharged to short-term rehabilitation but not for those discharged home. The study has been published in These results indicate that CHW interventions may help reduce hospital readmissions and improve preventive care among some clinically complex patients within an accountable care organization, says lead author and C-CAT trial principal investigator Jocelyn Carter, MD, MPH, a physician-scientist in the MGH Division of General Internal Medicine.
Dr. Maulik Majmuda has joined Boston-based virtual care and digital therapeutics company
Biofourmis as its chief medical officer, the company announced this week.
Prior to this new role, Majmudar served as medical office at Amazon, where he led the development and launch of Amazon Halo. He also completed a stint at Massachusetts General Hospital as an associate director of the Healthcare Transformation Lab, and was an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.
Majmudar has a history with Biofourmis. He joined the company’s clinical advisory board in 2015 and has served on its board of directors since 2019.
As CMO, he will work to expand the company’s clinical care services, oversee product management, data science and clinical affairs.
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As chief medical officer, Maulik Majmudar, M.D., will help Biofourmis build out its clinical care services, including near-term plans to offer in-home provider services that complement its care-at-home technology platform. (Biofourmis)
Maulik Majmudar, M.D., spent the last three years at Amazon helping the retail giant build out its Amazon Halo wearable.
Majmudar, a cardiologist and digital health leader, is moving over to Softbank-backed technology startup Biofourmis as its chief medical officer. Majmudar will help the startup build out its clinical care services, including near-term plans to offer in-home provider services that complement its care-at-home technology platform.