FDA Announces, “Home as a Health Care Hub” Program

The latest measure by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help reduce health care disparities and improve health outcomes for minorities and underserved populations aims to make health care services available to patients in their homes. Spurred by the proliferation of telehealth that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has retained an architectural firm to design a prototype home that is equipped with Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) and other state-of-the-art technology that will help promote health equity. The FDA’s aspiration is that the Home as a Health Care Hub will also bring together policy makers, medical device developers, and providers to begin developing home-based solutions that further advance health equity.