Study: Dallas’ Parkland Health and Hospital System had most ER visits in nation in 2021

DALLAS — In a report from NiceRx, well being specialists mentioned Dallas’ Parkland Health and Hospital System had the most emergency room visits in the nation in 2021. 

According to their research, Parkland Health and Hospital System had 210,152 ER visits, almost 20,000 greater than the subsequent hospital (190,581 at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center in Florida).

The study said research revealed that hospitals in North Texas noticed an anticipated rise in hospitalizations from the fast-spreading omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus.

Parkland Memorial Hospital reached a report single-day complete of visits to the emergency room, the study added.

Here is a listing of the highest 30 hospitals with the most ER visits in 2021, in line with the information (*denotes hospitals reporting determine primarily based on fiscal 12 months 2021): 

1. Parkland Health and Hospital System (Dallas) — 210,152*
2. Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health Medical Center — 190,581*
3. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln (New York City) — 164,979
4. Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta) — 160,027
5. St. Joseph’s University Medical Center (Paterson, N.J.) — 150,615
6. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth — 142,330
7. Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center — 136,161
8. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora, Colo.) — 132,160*
9. Antelope Valley Hospital (Lancaster, Calif.) — 130,659
10. WakeMed Raleigh (N.C.) Campus — 127,059
11. Boston Medical Center — 120,811*
12. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center (Fayetteville, N.C.) — 119,774
13. Montefiore Medical Center-Moses Campus (New York City) — 119,443
14. John Peter Smith Hospital (Fort Worth, Texas) — 117,956
15. Wellstar Kennestone Hospital (Marietta, Ga.) — 117,925
16. Banner Desert Medical Center (Mesa, Ariz.) — 117,004
17. UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central (Colorado Springs, Colo.) — 114,956*
18. SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Oklahoma City (Okla.) — 111,577
19. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County (New York City) — 111,427
20. Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) — 110,259
21. University of Michigan Health – Ann Arbor — 105,730
22. Hartford (Conn.) Hospital — 105,661 
23. Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa, Calif.) —104,986
24. Children’s Medical Center Dallas — 104,078
25. Reading Hospital-Tower Health (West Reading, Pa.) — 102,689
26. Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno, Calif.) — 101,073*
27. Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital — 97,952
28. Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis, Md.) — 95,314
29. NewYork-Presbyterian Queens (New York City) — 93,997
30. Denver Health Medical Center — 91,015

More than 130 million Americans go to US emergency rooms annually, the research states. According to the data, the most frequent causes for emergency room visits have been: maternal and neonatal circumstances, surgical procedures and COVID-19.