The true foundation of capacity isn’t only laid with steel and glass; it’s also built through investment in platforms and processes, and benchmarks that prevent those beds from being needed in the first place.
Though hospitals’ financial circumstances were dire this year, some multibillion dollar expansion projects have managed to move forward — including a the construction of a new $5 billion medical campus in Nevada and a new $4.3 billion hospital in San Francisco.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.