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 ...

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 ...

Josephine Frimpong, right, an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) at University Hospital in Newark cares for Sonia Maria De Assis in the new "observation unit, " created to relieve overcrowding and fix ...

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 ...

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 ...

Making observation services in U.S. hospitals more effective and efficient could save the system billions each year, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty ...