Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2025
Health systems can’t achieve truly efficient operations and patient throughput without a healthy workforce.
Hospital capacity has emerged as a key issue for health system C-suites in 2025. Nearly 53% of hospital and health system leaders identified patient access, throughput and capacity as their top focus area for this year, according to a recent Vizient survey.
Optimizing operations and protecting the bottom line are essential for health systems, but addressing capacity issues must not come at the expense of staff wellness. Instead, these efforts must work in tandem, according to Andrea Turner, JD, CEO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a public safety net hospital and Level 1 trauma center, serves more than 2 million people...