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, ...

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 ...

Medicare covers hospital beds for home use when deemed medically necessary by a doctor. Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans provide similar coverage but may cover hospital beds in additional situations.

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 ...

Is America prepared for the next health epidemic? Apparently, some states are more prepared than others, at least in terms of the number of hospital beds available, according to a recent study. The ...

Officials with WellSpan Health offered a tour of its new community hospital on Monday, Feb. 9 to the news media and ...

Ireland’s healthcare system has been grappling with persistent hospital overcrowding for years, with patients often spending days on trolleys in emergency departments and crucial surgeries being ...

In the television drama “The Pitt,” patients in a fictional emergency room in Pittsburgh are sometimes “boarded” in corridors for hours, even days, waiting for a hospital bed. Art, in this case, ...

No one enjoys being in the hospital. They want to go home as soon as possible. In fact, the hospital actually wants patients to go home too – or to whatever the next step in care is for their ...