You might have been sick enough to go to a hospital where doctors kept you overnight, but as far as your insurance company is concerned, you were an outpatient. When doctors aren't sure whether to ...

Two new papers published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology propose that most heart failure (HF) patients who present to the emergency department (ED) don't need to be hospitalized ...

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 ...

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 ...

BETHESDA, MD - Instead of admitting certain patients to the hospital, using dedicated observation units in hospitals can often be more efficient, result in shorter lengths-of-stay and lower costs, ...

Hospital observation units are more common today than 10 years ago, but many hospitals and insurers still haven’t established billing systems or insurance contracts to acknowledge these units — an ...

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 ...

Emergency room type 1 observation units could reduce readmissions and healthcare costs by nearly $1 billion a year, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. The research team, led by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...