Montefiore Health System is planning to break down dozens of hospital beds to make space for critical care capacity, sparking backlash from nurses who say the changes could exacerbate overcrowding in ...

Hospitals are getting more crowded and healthcare experts are warning that has serious consequences for the quality of patient care. A new study published in JAMA Network projects that by 2032, ...

Smart hospital beds provide greater benefits beyond the place to rest for patients. These beds are equipped with a myriad of sensors and monitors that enable real-time monitoring of a patient’s vital ...

Every day, across the nation, patients wait hours or days in emergency departments until a bed opens up for them in the hospital. Patients in smaller hospitals wait to get transferred to larger ones ...

The new post-pandemic national hospital occupancy average is 75% -- a full 11 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic average, largely due to a reduction in staffed hospital beds. This puts the ...

A letter noted that the head nurse, who subsequently resigned, 'gave a preference to paying patients in arranging for admission to the single bed wards of the hospital' ...