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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our Lady of the Lake's Livingston Parish campus will start providing overnight care next year. The hospital plans to start construction a 10-bed overnight emergency department observation unit later ...