Narcisse asks H&H about emergency volume and acuity increases
Narcisse asks whether H&H has seen increased emergency department volume or hospital admissions. Motzquist says volume has been increasing since 2020, with over 1.1 million emergency department patients across 11 facilities in 2025, and higher-acuity cases have increased significantly.
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Have H&H Hospital experienced an overall increase in emergency department volume or hospital admission in recent years?
Yes, let me just get the data, please.
The overall emergency volume has been increasing since 2020.
Our volume is...
I apologize, I don't have the data.
Our 2025 eating counters are over 1 million patients.
What was that?
Over 1 million emergency department patients across our 11 facilities, 1.1 million in 2025.
The biggest increase for us has also been in the higher acuity cases.
So we try to rank our patients by severity index.
You might be familiar with the ESI scoring, if you remember back in the day, the emergency service index.
And so one through five, one tends to be a sicker patient, five tends to be a less sick patient.
And our overall increase in the ones and twos have significantly increased over time.