Background: Weekend admissions have reportedly been associated with adverse outcomes and increased inpatient mortality[1]. This weekend phenomenon has been a subject of intense scrutiny and research. It has been attributed to fluctuations in healthcare personnel’s staffing and reduced or delayed access to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Patients admitted over the weekend are generally sicker than [...]

Background: During the initial COVID-19 surge in the Spring of 2020, adequate inpatient bed availability was a key factor in determining the quality of the care provided to our patients. Timely and efficient daily discharges were vital to creating bed capacity and decompressing access points. At our institution, an 800-bed tertiary care medical center outside [...]