No new beds required: 6 ED fixes that add capacity without construction

Hospitals are losing their usual pressure valves for crowded emergency departments. A third state recently banned ambulance diversion over ED overcrowding, joining Massachusetts, which has barred the practice for 17 years. At the same time, layoffs, called-off deals and thin margins make new construction a hard sell. Some systems are finding capacity without building it. […] The post No new beds required: 6 ED fixes that add capacity without construction appeared first on Becker's Hos...