The Hospital Crisis and the Proven Solution Most Leaders Are Not Aware Of
Hospital C-suites today are under extraordinary pressure. Much of this is driven by capacity challenges and overcrowding.
Variability in elective admissions and discharges—NOT emergency demand — drives the capacity crisis.
Across hospitals, patient flow is fundamentally mismanaged — driven largely byperiodic, man-made peaks and valleys in the volumes of elective admissions. These fluctuations reduce efficiency, create artificial congestion, or alternatively leave beds, staff, and ORs underutilized.
The sooner you implement patient-flow smoothing, the more lives you will save, the better the work environment you will create, and the further you will move away from the financial cliff.
The crisis is real. The solution is proven.
