Advisory Board March 4, 2025
The aging U.S. population has increasingly complex care needs, leading to increased overcrowding in hospital EDs and growing delays in care. Writing for Modern Healthcare, Alex Kacik outlines how hospitals attempting to address growing capacity challenges.
Hospitals are at capacity. What can we actually do about it?
Hospitals are facing a ‘tsunami’ of patients
Currently, leaders at several major health systems say that their inpatient facilities are either at, near, or over capacity. Many of the patients they treat are also increasingly sicker, and they often use the ED to access care.
According to Anthony Stahl, president of White Oak Medical Center, ED visits have increased 25% since the hospital originally opened in 2019, and it is currently at 102%...
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