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 ...

I had not planned to test drive Riverside Regional Medical Center’s new observation unit earlier this month. A bout of chest pain and constriction concerned my doctor’s staff and I was told to go to ...

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 ...

This paper provides a relatively brief analysis of the types of statistical units delineated by the 30 Member countries of the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD). It ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For children with behavioral conditions, psychiatric co-management in the observation unit of a pediatric emergency department was associated with shorter stays and fewer inpatient admissions, an ...

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 ...