MedCity News June 25, 2021
After bearing the brunt of Covid-19, they must decide how to rebuild, get more lucrative business flowing again, and take advantage of all that’s changed.
Prior to the pandemic, hospitals were marching toward solutions that paid homage to the heads-and-beds model, with its tight margins. They were investing in specialists to bring elective surgeries in-house. They were becoming more efficient on the discharge side by moving care beyond their four walls with skilled nursing and transitioning to home health.
Then came Covid-19.
Suddenly, hospitals were awash with acute care patients staying for weeks at a time. They were forced to shut down elective surgeries to preserve resources, with patients often afraid to enter their buildings anyway. Those tight margins contracted...
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