NOBLESVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Collette Health, a leading provider of continuous virtual patient observation solutions, today announced a new feature, Third Party Join, that allows members of the ...

Emergency department observation units (EDOUs) have been shown to decrease length of stay and improve cost effectiveness. Yet, compared with noncancer patients, patients with cancer are placed in ...

If you find yourself in the emergency department and the doctor says he wants to keep you at the hospital for "observation," take heed. Depending on the hospital, observation can mean very different ...

It’s a confusing situation for patients and a financially necessary one for hospitals: If a hospital cannot decide whether a patient is appropriate for inpatient admission, the patient can be kept up ...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedSitter, a leading virtual patient observation solution received top marks from a KLAS Emerging Solutions Spotlight report released today, which revealed positive ...

If you're on Medicare and you're in the hospital for a few days, you may think you're an inpatient. The hospital may have other ideas. Increasingly, hospitals are placing older patients on ...

The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), which represents hospitalists, has called for the elimination of observation status in acute care hospitals. The society would replace it with a new low-acuity ...

Cross Country Healthcare partners with Wachter Healthcare Solutions to support patient care efforts using VPO technology BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., (NASDAQ: ...

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