At-home Care Designed for COVID-19 Is a Breakthrough

Ohio's health care system evolved over night. Now the goal is to make sure it doesn't backtrack.

COVID-19 has pushed Ohio to increase the amount of health care services delivered at patients' homes."MetroHealth also took care of all the family’s immediate needs—including home delivery of prescriptions, groceries, toiletries, and diapers for their 2-year-old—so they could safely stay home until they felt better.Halfpoint/Shutterstock

CLEVELAND—In late March, Andrea Laquatra began to feel sick. At first, it was overwhelming fatigue, and the 32-year-old Cleveland mother of two tried to push through it.