Boston, MA – Previous research has shown that observation units in a hospital can be an efficient way to care for certain patients, but only about one-third of hospitals in the United States have such ...

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 ...

Predictors and outcomes of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized lung cancer patients: A nationwide inpatient sample (NIS) database analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In some cases, "observation" may be no more than a billing designation that allows hospitals to move patients out of crowded emergency... If you find yourself in the emergency department and the ...

Facility expansions and additions continue at Summerville Medical Center, which announced Thursday it’s now opened a special observation unit as part of a $100 million community investment. The new ...