Are Hospitals’ Days Numbered?

Last December I was taken with a great article by Robert Pearl, M.D., in which he postulated that in the future, there will be fewer hospitals with increased volumes – and that would lead to higher quality of care and better clinical outcomes (see What Is Your Organization's 'Strategic Inflection Point'?). However, a more recent article from Philip Betbeze of HealthLeaders Media suggests that maybe in the future, hospitals won't be hospitals at all (see The Hospital of the Future is Not a Hospital).

His theory? Building both business models and models of care on inpatient volume is . . .