Bed blocking can impact every part of the healthcare experience, from degrading patient care and pushing the needle on nurse and physician burnout to severe financial ramifications for the hospital.

Mass General Brigham has treated 7,000 home hospital patients — but the care model is on the verge of expiring in September.

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 ...

The EU has more than five, and in Japan the number is almost 13. On average, 75% of America’s hospital beds are occupied on any given day, 11 points higher than in 2019.

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 ...