There’s a growing recognition by clinicians that some patients who arrive at the emergency department can benefit if they’re kept under observation for up to a day so that staff can run more tests and ...

A growing number of hospitals are opting to move some people from the emergency room into observation units where they can undergo further monitoring or testing before doctors decide whether they ...

Specialized hospital units for patients under observation status could dramatically reduce the number of seniors forced to pay out-of-pocket for skilled nursing care, according to findings in the ...

Improving practices surrounding outpatient observation by creating dedicated observation units with defined protocols could improve bed capacity and quality of care, according to an article in Health ...

Researchers estimate that maximizing the potential of an observation unit in a hospital could result in $4.6 million in savings annually for the hospital and $3.1 billion in overall savings for the ...

For emergency room patients, a Maryland hospital's new observation unit has lowered length of stay and reduced admission of patients to inpatient care. A new observation unit at Carroll Hospital in ...

Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. On the eve of a nurses’ strike at Sutter Health and three Los ...

Observation units help improve emergency department flow and generate savings for the hospitals, but they also can lead to higher bills for patients, The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News ...

From left, Jim Traylor, emergency department nursing manager, and Dr. Chris Ross, emergency department physician, pose in one of the new clinical decision unit rooms at Community Hospital South. The ...

More hospitals use observation units to improve patient flow within the emergency department, but there are several factors to consider before creating one at your facility, two physicians write in ...