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Exclusive: Hospital data indicates available beds--but health care workers say otherwise (NY)
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https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/new-york-city-hospital-data-indicates-available-beds-health-care-workers-say-otherwise
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https://archive.fo/iIwVy
Hospitals across New York City report thousands of available beds, but health care workers on the front lines say they struggle to find beds for a rising tide of patients.
More than 12,000 total patients are hospitalized in the city, according to state data posted Sunday. About 6,100 have Covid—a number not seen since May 2020—including roughly 750 in intensive care units. Still, about 20% of the city's hospital beds are available, according to self-reported data from hospitals that the state publishes online by hospital.
Some health care workers say the public data is at odds with their reality—and, at least in some cases, does not match hospitals' internal dashboards that track capacity in real time.
The dissonance appears to stem from how the public data is consolidated and the time of day hospitals choose to capture their numbers, which is not standardized. The result, workers say, is that the state gets a rosier picture than reality.
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