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 ...

Patients treated in emergency department “type 1” observation units, dedicated units with certain condition-specific treatment protocols, see significant reductions in cost, length of stay and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...