HealthTech2Care Podcast featuring Jon Branche, Vice President of Growth at myLaurel

Jon Branche (Guest):

🌐 myLaurel: https://www.mylaurelhealth.com

🔗 LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-branche 

Bert Fernandez (Host):

🌐 HealthTech2Care: https://www.healthtech2care.com

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-fernandez

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HealthTech2Care

🎙️ In this episode, Jon Branche reveals how myLaurel transforms hospital discharges into confident home recoveries. Learn how they: 

• Identify patients ready for home inside the hospital—often the same day
• Respond within 24 hours with field clinicians paired to a virtual nurse and physician
• Spend two hours in the home reconciling medications, coaching patients and caregivers, and clarifying each step of the discharge plan
• Far more than a handoff, myLaurel acts as the "connective tissue" between acute care and long-term support—reducing readmissions, increasing patient satisfaction, and restoring peace of mind for families and care teams alike.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:39 What led you to acute care at home, and what problem was MyLaurel built to solve?

02:26 What makes the acute care at home model different from traditional hospital-at-home programs?

05:35 What does it take to safely move the right patients out of the hospital and into the home?

09:16 Do you also support patients discharged to facilities or mainly those going home?

11:19 What does acute care at home look like day-to-day for complex patients?

16:07 How do you decide where to start with a new health system or program?

19:05 What data do you use — just from EHRs or also from payers and actuaries?

21:14 What are some of the biggest barriers to adopting acute care at home models?

23:33 Do you act as an extension of care coordination teams inside hospitals?

25:28 For health systems that want to explore this model, how can they get in touch?

🔑 Highlights:

• "We want to be that barking dog—that ADT sign that sits in your front lawn—that curbs some of those bad actors from coming in." 
• A fake caregiver was flagged and banned after Accushield identified them during sign-in
• Real-time tour alerts help managers greet walk-ins before the opportunity is lost 
• Facilities often think they have 20 vendors—Accushield data shows it's 50+ 
• Verify credentials for third-party caregivers before they step foot inside 
• Why budget and behavioral friction—not tech—are the real barriers to adoption 
• What "soft ROI" looks like in the context of visitor transparency
• Why the first impression at the front desk shapes resident trust and family confidence

👉 Ready to close the transition gap? Visit https://www.mylaurelhealth.com

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