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Aligning patient acuity and system capacity to protect patient access

Find the critical balance that empowers your
workforce and elevates patient outcomes

U.S. hospitals currently operate at an average of 75% capacity—a figure projected to reach a critical 85% by 2032. As observation volumes rise and workforce shortages persist, health systems face a pivotal choice: continue with reactive crisis management or embrace a strategic transformation. 

The convergence of three crises—capacity constraints, observation volume growth, and workforce shortages—creates a vicious cycle threatening every dimension of hospital operations. But hospital medicine offers a path forward. 

Hospitalists’ unique position in orchestrating the strategic balance between managing patient acuity and optimizing system capacity offers an opportunity for the strategic and practical integration of three approaches. 

Capacity constraints, rising observation patient volumes, and workforce shortages aren’t isolated challenges—they’re interconnected pressures. But interconnected challenges demand interconnected solutions. Hospital medicine is uniquely positioned to lead the way."

— Rodolphe Taby, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Hospital Medicine and Critical Care at SCP Health

Inside our latest whitepaper, “The critical balance: How hospital medicine aligns patient acuity and system capacity to protect access to care,” Dr. Taby explores the strategic framework that turns these converging crises into opportunities for growth, including: 

  • Creating “virtual capacity”: Implement proven length-of-stay optimization strategies that effectively create new bed capacity without the need for physical construction or capital investment. 
  • Standardize observation medicine: Understand how standardized pathways and admission protocols reduce care variation and improve throughput for this growing patient population. 
  • Deploy your workforce strategically: Explore methods to align clinician skillsets—including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—to patient acuity, enhancing both efficiency and job satisfaction. 
  • Build sustainable operations: Discover how the virtuous cycle between acuity and capacity management compounds improvements across quality, access, and financial performance. 

Take the next step toward balancing patient acuity and system capacity

Download the whitepaper now to access the insights and strategies you need to balance patient acuity and capacity to protect access to care. 

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