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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2010, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center faced a growing number of one day stays on its inpatient unit. The hospital asked Amina Martel, MD, CEP America’s Director of Hospitalist Medicine, to come ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...