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 ...

After lowering its traditional emergency department capacity and shifting those beds to observation unit service, Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital has improved its patient capacity, according to ...

Griffin Hospital celebrated the grand opening of the new Hewitt Observation Unit with a donor celebration and ribbon-cutting on January 5. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Griffin Hospital in Derby recently opened a ...

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 ...

September 28, 2012 — Maximizing the potential use of dedicated hospital observation units could save billions of dollars in healthcare resources annually, according to results from a study published ...

Overcrowded emergency rooms often lead to overcrowded in-patient rooms. That leads to higher costs for both the hospital and patients. Duke University Hospital has a solution for both issues. A few ...

Using observation units more efficiently could save hospitals $4.6 million annually and $3.1 billion nationally, according to Healthcare Finance News. A national study showed if hospitals without ...

The Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center is set to receive $5 million in County Executive Calvin Ball’s proposed budget as it works to raise remaining funds for a new observation unit in the ...

Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital will increase capacity and elevate patient care with a $2.93 million, 25-bed dedicated observation unit that will be ready for operation in spring 2016. Observation ...

PLYMOUTH - The units arrived as planned, the cranes were ready to go and the crew on the ground knew just what was going where. The addition of 25 new emergency-room observation units at BID-Plymouth ...

We assessed the proportion of Urgent Care Center visits that resulted in an admission to the hospital at a comprehensive cancer center, before (July 9, 2012–December 31, 2012) versus after (July 9, ...