Hospital mix-up leads to woman finding stranger in mom's hospital bed A daughter says her mother was mistaken for a patient at a hospital in Pittsburgh last week.

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is undertaking multiple construction projects to meet increasing demand for its services, including completing the unfinished sixth floor.

As new construction declines and occupancy rates soar, experts warn that hospitals may soon cease to function properly because of overcrowding.

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has lowered its alert level over bed shortages after freeing up six acute care beds a day after it reported “unprecedented” demand. It said that at one point ...

Waiting lists for people needing a hospital bed have climbed to record levels — because medically fit patients are not being discharged. The Bermuda Hospitals Board confirmed today that 34 ...

Smart hospital beds provide greater benefits beyond the place to rest for patients. These beds are equipped with a myriad of sensors and monitors that enable real-time monitoring of a patient’s ...

The United States may face a shortage of hospital beds by 2032, a recent analysis in JAMA Network Open warns. The study found that hospital admissions have remained 11 percentage points higher ...

A new study published in JAMA Network projects that by 2032, national hospital occupancy rates could exceed 85%, a critical level.

Many patients ready to leave the hospital end up lingering for days or weeks because of a lack of open spots at nursing homes and rehab facilities. A few health systems are addressing this problem ...

Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States. Researchers say the quality of care in hospitals could get even worse as we face a looming hospital bed shortage.

U.S. hospital occupancy after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic is significantly higher than it was before the pandemic, setting the stage for a hospital bed shortage as early as 2032, new research ...