Why hospitals should invest in community health amid the pandemic
Source: Becker's Hospital ReviewSg2 and Vizient leaders discuss how the hospital's role in public health has drastically changed in light of COVID-19.
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Sg2 and Vizient leaders discuss how the hospital's role in public health has drastically changed in light of COVID-19.
The calculator, originally released in March, enables hospitals to utilize advanced modeling methodology vetted against regional hospital data to accurately predict hospitalization rates for projecting non-ICU, ICU and ventilation requirements.
Sg2's Tony Guth and Brianna Motley discuss the future growth opportunities for ambulatory surgery centers, even after many stopped elective surgery due to COVID-19.
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Sg2 projects that 85% of all healthcare procedures will be performed outpatient by 2028, due in large part to advances in specialties like orthopedics, cardiology and spine.
Elective surgery case volumes rebounded faster than expected in July and August, likely because of a backlog from the earliest months of the pandemic, but are still below 2019 rates.
As orthopedic cases continue moving from inpatient to ambulatory settings, several experts, including Sg2's Ryota Terada and Kate Zentner, share their unique perspectives and suggest how to leverage this shift.
A disease model developed by Sg2, a health care consulting group, and UT Health San Antonio forecasts 1,800 COVID-19 hospitalizations by mid-July under the best-case scenario.
As hospitals resume non-emergent procedures, they must assure optimum surgical outcomes, safety, supply status and capacity management while balancing the ongoing presence of the pandemic in their communities.
Ophthalmology lost 81% of patient volume year-over-year, per analysis of over 2 million patient visits and encounters in 40 states by Strata Decision Technology and supported by Sg2's Care Grouper.
Sg2 predicts 88 percent of spinal decompressions and laminectomies and 67 percent of cervical spinal fusions will be performed outpatient, in either the ASC or hospital outpatient department, by 2028.
Read about robust growth and provider shortages in ASCs over the next decade from Sg2’s Amanda Olderog.
