Massachusetts has the second-highest hospital bed occupancy in the nation - 86% - according to a recent study from the American Medical Association. That's just behind Rhode Island, and the ...

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, ...

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 ...

The U.S. healthcare system will reach a “dangerous threshold” of hospital bed occupancy by 2032 should population growth and workforce trends persist, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) ...

England could be about to see its most difficult winter in years — and possibly ever. Record levels of flu are hitting the country’s already-overstretched healthcare service, and hospital beds are ...

There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it. Too many patients, not enough beds. Research ...

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 ...

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, ...

State health ministers had their final meeting of the year with their federal counterpart on Friday armed with figures showing a 25 per cent increase in just three months of aged care patients ...