Following resuscitation with naloxone, clinicians commonly recommend an observation period to monitor for rebound apnea and other symptoms. Patient refusal of this recommendation is common, although ...

Objective: To understand patient portal engagement stratified by patient characteristics among adults 50 years and older with at least 1 common chronic medical condition using electronic health ...

In just two months, a federal law kicks in requiring hospitals to tell their Medicare patients if they have not been formally admitted and why. But some physician, hospital and consumer ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People on Medicare who spend one or two nights in the hospital are finding out, and often too late, that they weren’t really “admitted” to the hospital. This can be a ...

For commercially insured patients, observation status may improve cost savings Providers are increasingly putting patients under observation before deciding to admit them for inpatient stays, ...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- InvisALERT Solutions' ObservSMART, the industry-leading proximity-required technology designed to improve staff and patient safety in healthcare settings, ...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Collette Health, a leading provider of continuous virtual patient observation solutions, today announced a new feature, Third Party Join, that allows members of the ...

A sharply increasing number of Lee Memorial Health System patients spend a day or more in hospital beds without being fully “admitted,” billing classifications that can potentially add thousands to ...

A new Virginia law that takes effect today will require hospitals to inform patients of their admission status verbally and in writing. Admissions for observation and length of observation stays have ...