Johns Hopkins reported in 2016 that its new capacity command center assigned beds to admitted ED patients 30% faster.
30%
faster bed assignment for admitted ED patients
Johns Hopkins reported in 2016 that its new capacity command center assigned beds to admitted ED patients 30% faster.
The same release reported 21% more patients discharged before noon.
Source: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Launches Capacity Command Center to Enhance Hospital Operations (news release) (opens in a new tab), Early results, Emergency Department. Verified October 2026.
Related charts
- From the blog
Hopkins assigned ED patients a bed 30% faster after opening a command center
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Capacity Command Center news release (October 2016) - From the blog
A boarded med-surg stroke patient cost nearly twice as much a day as one on a ward
Canellas et al., Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 84 (2024) - From research
Hospital drug expenses grew 13.6% in 2025, nearly twice as fast as total expenses
American Hospital Association, Costs of Caring 2026 (March 2026) - From the blog
Length of stay rose most for patients going to psychiatric hospitals or skilled nursing
American Hospital Association, Increasing Delays in Timely Discharges issue brief (December 2022)
Sources for the figures above: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Launches Capacity Command Center to Enhance Hospital Operations (news release) (opens in a new tab); Canellas MM et al., Measurement of Cost of Boarding in the Emergency Department Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing, Annals of Emergency Medicine 84(4) (opens in a new tab); American Hospital Association, Costs of Caring 2026 (March 2026) (opens in a new tab); American Hospital Association, Increasing Delays in Timely Discharges issue brief (December 2022) (opens in a new tab).
Related facts
16
beds of capacity a day
Five years after it opened, Johns Hopkins said its capacity command center had freed the equivalent of 16 beds a day without building or hiring.
Source: Capacity Command Center Celebrates 5 Years of Improving Patient Safety, Access.
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of 195 emergency physicians surveyed reported violence tied to boarding
In a 2025 survey of 195 emergency physicians, published in Health Affairs Scholar, 54% reported experiencing violence related to emergency department boarding.
Source: Norton, Schreyer and Kuhn, Workforce impact of emergency department boarding, Health Affairs Scholar 3(8).
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a day per boarded med-surg stroke patient
A 2024 Annals of Emergency Medicine study estimated that boarding a med-surg stroke patient in the ED cost $1,856 a day, against $993 for the same patient on a ward.
Source: Canellas MM et al., Measurement of Cost of Boarding in the Emergency Department Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing, Annals of Emergency Medicine 84(4).
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Sources for the figures above: Capacity Command Center Celebrates 5 Years of Improving Patient Safety, Access (opens in a new tab); Norton, Schreyer and Kuhn, Workforce impact of emergency department boarding, Health Affairs Scholar 3(8) (opens in a new tab); Canellas MM et al., Measurement of Cost of Boarding in the Emergency Department Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing, Annals of Emergency Medicine 84(4) (opens in a new tab).
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