Surprised! "There is no bed hospital" in the United States, metropolitan thoroughly subverting the traditional hospital medical system

As the minimally invasive treatment, treatment after rehabilitation time shorten the increasingly strong demand, such as a new mode of hospital emerged: no hospital bed. They have all the features of traditional hospital operating room, transfusion room, even the emergency room, they not only is a bed for the night. Arterial network (WeChat: vcbeat) will introduce you the metropolitan medical system $48 million without a hospital bed, combing its cause of formation.

Located in The United States, Ohio Brecksville metropolitan medical System (The MetroHealth System), has just opened a hospital bed, cost $48 million. As is known to all, Cleveland, is medical center, has The world famous three hospital System: Cleveland hospital (but Cleveland's a-clinic), and The metropolitan health System (The MetroHealth System) and The University hospital (University Hospitals).

When completed, is expected to service the first year, 3000 people. As for the benefits of hospital beds, CEO of metropolitan medical system Akram Boutros, says Dr "it can effectively reduce the treatment cost and the risk of infection. People stay at home a low risk environment, can recover more quickly."

In the United States, the number of outpatient increasing, it is a significant change and trend. Single for metropolitan medical system, the number of outpatient service in the past four years, extending from 850000 to 1.2 million, more than 40% growth, but also from the taxpayers' money, to support the federal Medicaid (Medicaid, America's largest health benefits plans) of a large population. Outpatient service revenue, more subsidies for more expensive hospitalization.

Hospital "bed" trend driving factor is cost. Under the double pressure from insurance companies and patients, hospital system is gradually turning to low-cost outpatient care, outpatient care profits are generally higher than hospitalization.

In addition, medical institutions also slowly toward miniaturization, more efficient, more flexible, more focus on the direction of the transformation. Ideal way of treatment, the patient can be acquired in the small clinic near their home most of the medical care, it is not necessary to multiple places and to receive treatment. Especially with the progress of technology, such as telemedicine, virtual nursing technology application more widely, people don't need to be sick and ran large hospital, hospital treatment.

The important influence of medical expenses and simplified treatment