The American Hospital Association in August reported that higher-acuity patients are causing unsustainable financial challenges for hospitals and health systems due to higher costs for labor, drug and ...

Hospital mortality infection rates declined significantly from 2019 to 2025 despite increased patient acuity, showing ...

The American Hospital Association has released a report on patient acuity that shows hospital patients are sicker and more medically complex than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is ...

Midtown health system NYU Langone posted a $165 million operating profit in the first quarter of its fiscal year, a 9% ...

Hospital patients’ risk of death has fallen substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic and the months preceding it, even as hospitals are treating more and sicker patients, according to a new report on ...

Hospital capacity problems are expected to persist over the next decade even as care increasingly moves out of the traditional hospital into the home and outpatient settings, according to the latest ...

A large language model could help assess patient acuity in emergency departments, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. When given pairs of patient histories extracted from emergency ...

Community Health Systems reported a $51 million net loss on revenue of $3.1 billion in the first quarter of 2023, driven by “challenging dynamics” like lower patient acuity and continued heightened ...

“Subtle signs of delirium and/or declining mental awareness can include disorientation about date, location, reason for admission,” said Meghana R. Medavaram, MD, associate director of consultation ...