Indiana's St. Vincent health system will open eight microhospitals to answer demand for acute care in central Indiana, according to an article on the Healthcare Finance website.
Each facility will house emergency beds, as well as inpatient beds when patients require additional testing and overnight stays.
Larger health systems nationwide are also expanding their footprints through these small but fully equipped facilities where wait times are likely shorter than in major hospital emergency departments, the article said.
The microhospitals are usually in communities that are further away from major medical facilities.
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