Chief Healthcare Executive July 26, 2023
Hospitals will always have a place for those who need intensive care. But in the near future, he says most care will be done on an outpatient basis or at home.
More patient care is being done outside the hospital, and Michael Dowling sees that trend as a window into the not-too-distant future.
Dowling, the president and CEO of Northwell Health, told Chief Healthcare Executive® in a recent interview that in the coming years, “Most care will not be in the hospital.”
Today, 46% of Northwell Health’s patient care business is done in the hospital, he says. The rest of it is provided in outpatient settings, ambulatory surgical centers or in the home.
‘Hospitals will be very, very important, but...