Cook County Health has opened an 11-bed observation unit at Provident Hospital to provide more appropriate care for patients who arrive at the South Side hospital's emergency department. Patients who ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Baptist Health Louisville is getting ready to help more sick patients. The hospital is opening a new 32-bed observation unit on Tuesday, Sept. 7. The unit is for patients who ...

Aiken Regional Medical Centers has opened a specialized observation unit for patients who visit the emergency department, called the clinical decision unit, and require further management to determine ...

Emergency department-based observation of symptomatic young adults for acute coronary syndrome found very few patients with adverse cardiac events, bringing the value of the practice into question, ...

The latest solution to chronic overcrowding of Minnesota emergency rooms was built in Wisconsin, delivered by truck to Maplewood and attached to St. John’s Hospital. The Short-Stay Observation Unit ...

For select patients hospitalized due to COVID-19, an academic urban hospital implemented an observation pathway that incorporated mobile health technology, reducing hospital length of stay by more ...

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 ...

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a smoking cessation service in a group of patients admitted to a short-stay unit in the emergency department. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a ...

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 ...