‘Don’t get your operation on a Thursday,’ this hospital expert warned. Here’s his plan to lower costs and save lives.

Last Updated: March 6, 2025 at 10:45 a.m. ETFirst Published: March 6, 2025 at 7:45 a.m. ET“A hospital is no place to be sick,” pioneering Hollywood producer and film-studio mogul Samuel Goldwyn is credited with saying. Of course, if you need hospitalization, you go. And if you’re scheduling a surgical procedure, the No. 1 question you want to ask is, “Which day?”Every year, 15 million Americans have some type of surgery, according to the American College