The demand for infusion therapy fluctuates throughout the year, due to seasonal health events, disease outbreaks and shifts in treatment trends.
These sudden surges often place excessive strain on internal resources, healthcare organizations, payors and research partners. This strain increases their risk of care delays, safety concerns and operational disruptions.
When faced with a surge in demand, BrightStar Care® can step in as a trusted extension of your care team. Our RN-led infusion workforce solution can help meet unexpected needs by integrating seamlessly into care models, ensuring patients receive the high-quality, personalized attention they deserve.
Keep reading to learn what drives these demand surges, the risks of insufficient staffing, how BrightStar Care scales rapidly and real-world outcomes that demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.
Why Infusion Demand is Growing
Rising Prevalence of Specialty Therapies
Demand for infusion therapy is growing as biologics, immunotherapies, enzyme replacement therapies and other complex treatments become standard for chronic diseases, autoimmune conditions, oncology, rare disorders and more. Many of these treatments require continuous or frequent administration, placing increased demands on infusion capacity.
At the same time, more intravenous (IV) therapies are moving from medical-based to home-based settings. The convenience and cost savings make home infusion therapy a preferred method by patients, improving treatment adherence and overall satisfaction.
According to an industry analysis published by Fortune Business Insights, the U.S. home infusion therapy market is projected to grow from $21.08 billion in 2025 to $38.02 billion by 2032, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6 percent.
For healthcare organizations, this means patients increasingly expect access to home infusion therapy services and healthcare organizations must develop a reliable plan to answer this demand.
Payor, Employer and Research Partner Pressures
Payors are focused on improving treatment adherence, enhancing outcomes and reducing downstream costs (e.g., hospital readmissions, emergency department visits, unplanned physician visits and additional medication or treatment interventions).
Employers demand uninterrupted care and faster return-to-work timelines, avoiding costly treatment delays.
Research partners must adhere to strict protocols and timelines.
Because of these pressures, infusion therapy is increasingly shifting from expensive hospital settings to lower-cost in-home treatments. According to pricing outlined in the 2024 Mertz-Taggart Infusion Therapy Market Overview, home infusion treatments are approximately 69 percent less costly than when administered in a hospital setting.
This shift means healthcare organizations need a flexible, scalable workforce solution that can meet demand surges while maintaining safety, protocol adherence and optimal patient comfort.
Risks of Insufficient Staffing
Patient Safety Concerns
Healthcare organizations that scale too quickly or rely on undertrained staff risk compromising their patients’ safety and well-being. Inconsistent or inadequate monitoring, protocol deviations and nurse burnout can also negatively impact patient safety, which can lead to complications, infections and even hospital readmissions.
For example, during flu season or sudden disease outbreaks, demand can surge quickly and unexpectedly. Without trained, readily available infusion nurses on standby, patients may experience delayed care, inconsistent monitoring or other avoidable risks.
At BrightStar Care, we believe rapid deployment should never risk patient health, safety or dignity.
Operational and Financial Risks
When healthcare organizations cannot meet infusion demand, they jeopardize:
- research milestones
- Clinical trials
- Contracts
- Reputation
- Hiring and training costs
- Patient, clinical and stakeholder trust
Without a flexible and readily available workforce solution, sudden spikes in demand can quickly escalate into operational and financial crises.
BrightStar Care helps prevent care delays, maintain quality of care standards, protect patient outcomes and reduce overhead costs.
BrightStar Care’s Scalable Staffing Model
Nationwide RN-led Workforce
We provide skilled nursing and medical staffing coverage across 41 states (including Alaska and Hawaii). Our skilled nursing teams deliver personalized home infusion care and compassionate support that partners and families can trust.
Our teams provide RN-led oversight for complex infusion services, ensuring your patients receive safe and compassionate care without delay or interruption.
We follow a clinically based model of care with full client oversight and comprehensive case management. This approach combines rigorous hiring, credentialing and ongoing training to ensure clinical excellence. We call it: A Higher Standard®.
Rapid Deployment Processes
BrightStar Care infusion nursing teams use centralized scheduling and referral systems to quickly coordinate skilled staffing across locations, ensuring adequate coverage during periods of high demand. Our nurses are trained to integrate with your electronic health records (EHR), protocols and communication pathways to ensure care feels seamless and supportive from day one.
Our workforce solution provides coverage for demand surges and rapid onboarding to ensure your organization can respond rapidly, without compromising patient safety, care continuity or comfort.
Measurable Client Impact
An analysis by Avalere Health shows that patients receiving targeted home-based care for chronic conditions experienced significantly lower total care costs and improved health outcomes.
The study also highlighted the positive impact of personal care services, such as medication reminders, meal preparation, personal care assistance and patient education, leading to reduced healthcare costs and value creation for payors.
These examples show that BrightStar Care’s RN-led, rapid-deployment model is equipped to meet your operational goals and safeguard your patients’ well-being and overall experience.
Partner with BrightStar Care for Agility
Confidence in Meeting Demand
BrightStar Care is a rapid-response and flexible workforce solution you can trust to handle urgent needs and sudden spikes in infusion therapy demand.
Our RN-led teams integrate seamlessly into workflows, maintain compliance and deliver top-tier, compassionate care.
Long-term Partnership Value
As infusion demands continue to grow, protocols evolve and patient volume increases, BrightStar Care scales with your organization as a trusted extension of your care team.
Our attention to continuity of care builds trust with patients, providers, payors and research partners nationwide.
Our model includes:
- Nationwide RN-led infusion services across 41 states
- Integration with existing workflows and EHRs
- Infusion Nurses Society (INS) aligned protocols for safety and consistency
- Rapid referral-to-start times and 24/7 coverage
- Dedicated account management and ongoing collaboration
Sudden spikes in infusion demand are unavoidable. When healthcare organizations are unprepared, they risk delays, safety concerns and operational strain.
BrightStar Care’s rapid-scaling model delivers a proven, agile and RN-led solution that integrates seamlessly and prioritizes patient access, comfort and quality metrics.
Partner with us today and transform your ability to respond to high-demand infusion cases while keeping patients at the center of care.
We’re ready to partner with your organization to deliver better health outcomes through a flexible, high-quality rapid infusion nurse staffing solution. Ask about our business partnerships.