About

The Hospital Capacity Management Consortium formed in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals and health systems were struggling to find ventilators for critical patients, personal protective equipment was in short supply and hospitals were at and over their bed capacity. Systems had to come up with effective ways to allocate appropriate resources to the most acute patients. The pandemic spotlighted a need for a more streamlined approach.

Read the official charter for the Hospital Capacity Management Consortium (HCMC) to learn more about the policies and procedures of HCMC.

READ CHARTER

MISSION

Effective management of hospital capacity is critical to patient safety, patient satisfaction, access to care, and reducing the cost of health care. The Hospital Capacity Management Consortium’s mission is to use science and collaboration to ensure patients receive acute care in the right place at the right time.

PURPOSE

The Hospital Capacity Management Consortium (HCMC) is a collaborative group of hospitals, health care systems, industry partners, and other stakeholders with an interest in improving hospital capacity management. Through innovation, cooperation, and academic inquiry, HCMC strives to improve the efficiency of acute care capacity management so that all patients are safely and efficiently able to receive acute care in the best location possible.

HISTORY

2019

— Dr. Parekh, Jim Scheulen and Dr. Fogerty had an idea!

2020

— HCMC is formed.

2021

— HCMC hosted its first Forum.

2022

— HCMC held its first Symposium.

2023

— HCMC published its first paper.

2024

— HCMC became a PMG of the AHA.

Leadership

Heidi High MBA, BSN, NE-BC, FACHEHCMC President
Executive Director Capacity Management, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Robert Fogerty MD, MPH, SFHM HCMC Past President
Senior Medical Director, Clinical Leadership, Associate Clinical Professor, General Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital

Jim Scheulen MBA, PA HCMC Benchmarking Committee Chair
HCMC Past President
Retired Chief Administrative Officer, Emergency Medicine and Capacity Management, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Vikas Parekh, MD HCMC Research and Publication Committee Chair
HCMC Past President
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School Associate Chief Medical Officer, UM Health, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan

Roy Boland, MSN, MHA, RN HCMC Symposium Planning
Senior Consulting Director, Vizient Inc.

Kathryn Handley Engagement Manager, The Chartis Group

Lanie Crow, MHA Manager, ECG Management Consultants

Tim Dascenzo, MHA Senior Manager, Hospitalist Service, Yale New Haven Hospital

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

Currently, 41 organizations participate in the HCMC. They include large and small health systems throughout the country:

Barnes Jewish Hospital

CIC Health

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Common Spirit Health

ECG

Froedtert Hospital and Medical College

GE Health

HHC Health

Hartford Healthcare

Johns Hopkins

LeanTaas

Maine Medical Center

Massachusetts General Brigham

Mayo Clinic

McLeod Health

Memorial Healthcare System

Ochsner Health

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Oregon Health & Science University

Penn State

Prisma Health

Queen’s Health System

Saint Luke's

Seattle Children Hospital

Southern Illinois Healthcare

St Charles Healthcare

Stanford Healthcare

Swedish Health Services

UAB Medical Center

UC Health

University of Colorado Hospital

University of Michigan Medicine

University of North Carolina

University of Rochester Medical Center

University of Washington Medicine

University of Wisconsin Health

Vidant Health

Wakemed

Well Span Health

Yale New Haven Health

HCMC Charter