Patient discharge processes are often riddled with unnecessary delays, slowing patient throughput, creating bottlenecks, putting pressure on margins and straining much-needed capacity. But hospital ...

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), also known as nursing homes, experienced a decline in operating capacity following the COVID-19 pandemic, which was associated with patients experiencing longer ...

Nursing homes have lost 5% of operating capacity since 2020, according to a new study examining why providers have had to limit admissions.

Admitted patients are spending more time waiting for hospital beds as the system continues to manage limited capacity.

For Lake Washington Physical Therapy, which has four locations in Washington State and Oregon and is based in the Seattle area, nearly half of its patients are employees of companies including Amazon, ...

In addition to adding beds, hospitals with tight capacity must focus on operations reforms and new workflows. Patient capacity is the biggest challenge at University of California Davis Medical Center ...

Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, CMHIMP, CRP, DBH(s), of EFS Supervision Strategies LLC in Burke, Virginia explains capacity is a person’s ability to make informed decisions and provide ...

With its high patient volume and mission to deliver comprehensive cancer care “from bed to bench” for each patient, University of California San Diego’s (UCSD) Moores Cancer Center prioritizes its ...

Part of the newly remodeled emergency department at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. (Contributed by Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital) Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital recently completed an important phase ...

The demand for ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) is increasing. Case in point: ASCs recently got the nod from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in terms of a proposed 2.6% payment increase ...