Idle assets: profits, empty beds make for good bedfellows. Roundtable discussion.
The problem of empty beds does not have to remain a problem. Empty beds can be converted into services or programs that produce revenue for the institution and contribute to the bottom line. In a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Healthcare Financial Management Association and HBO & Company Industry Group, eight individuals met to discuss the problem of empty beds and explore the solutions that are possible. They concluded that hospitals must respond to the marketplace, offer services consumers need, evaluate programs carefully, and pull out when a program no longer is acceptable.
D001508:Bed Conversion / Q000191:economics*; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States