Becker's Healthcare October 16, 2023
Healthcare moving out of hospitals has been forecasted for the past decade with the certainty of death and taxes. But it’s brick-and-mortar infrastructure that continues to raise big questions and pivots for health system strategy, at least for now.
If one isn’t careful, the futuristic outlook for hospital at home and telehealth can gradually diminish the strategic importance of brick-and-mortar hospital infrastructure, making inpatient buildings out to be the industry version of Blockbusters. This is an error. It is easy to get swept up in what the next 10 years hold without first accounting for the next three.
There are about 920,000 staffed beds across U.S. hospitals. Home care volumes are projected by Sg2 to rocket by 20...