Observation vs. admission: The fine points of the doctor’s chart A proposed rule gives certain Medicare beneficiaries the right to appeal a hospital’s classification of their stay.

Park Nicollet Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., offers a complimentary hand hygiene observation tool.

In the observation unit, Betty was frequently evaluated; when, by our protocol, she had met discharge criteria, she was able to go home without a costly hospital admission.

Others are stunned when they find out that being in a hospital even for a couple of days doesn’t always mean they were actually admitted. Instead, they received observation care, considered by ...

Biomedical engineers and clinicians at the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals in England have replaced traditional paper observation charts with iPads equipped with an early ...

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Hospital officials say they try to make it clear to patients that they're in observation status and not being admitted. "We're working on how that is communicated to the patient," Lowe said.

But this applies only to inpatients. Outpatient (or observation status) care is covered by Medicare Part B, which doesn't have a deductible but does charge a 20 percent co-pay for hospital costs.

Handwritten medical observation charts could become a thing of the past in UK hospitals with the development of an iPad-based patient monitoring system. Developed in Oxford hospitals, the iPad ...

Consumer Affairs Hospital observation leaves seniors on hook for higher bills: Plain Dealing Updated: Aug. 23, 2013, 6:59 p.m. | Published: Aug. 23, 2013, 5:59 p.m. By Sheryl Harris, The Plain Dealer ...

Observation charts were “manufactured” for a patient whose death is at the centre of a major medical negligence claim, the High Court has heard. Bernie Magill made the allegation as she cross ...