In space-starved New York, many regular hospital rooms are still double-occupancy, though singles are now the national standard for infection control and quicker recovery.

Researchers from Penn State and University of California, San Francisco found that the hospital-wide mortality rate was 5.4% higher on days when the emergency room was crowded.

The hospital room microbiome has possibly the greatest potential to impact the most vulnerable patients such as in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The infants in a NICU are particularly ...

Across three states in 2021, Mayo reports it freed up 3,300 hospital bed days by treating patients at home. "That's 3,300 bed days that we could use for our coronavirus patients or anybody else ...

These changes will affect all emergency rooms, regular hospital units, rehabilitation facilities, mental health units and cancer treatment areas across Atrium Health locations.

MetroHealth System’s new $48 million bedless hospital in Brecksville, Ohio has almost the same services as more traditional hospitals, but with no overnights. Dustin Franz for STAT ...

So he came to Swedish Hospital last Saturday to the emergency room. There, he says, he waited 20 hours before he could be admitted into in a room. "They are overworked.

But these standalone, portable hospital rooms invented by a Drexel alum might help meet the growing need for specialized hospital rooms and beds. By Queen Muse · 4/1/2020, 8:34 a.m.