Download the GOJO hand hygiene observation form (doc) for adaptation and use in your facility. Note: View our database providing 150 reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools for use ...

Even if patients know they are observation patients, there is little they can do to change their status. Medicare has covered their care on an outpatient basis, so they have not been refused benefits.

Download the Johns Hopkins Medicine hand hygiene observation form (pdf) for use in your facility. Note: View our database providing 90-plus reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools ...

But this policy has not reduced observation visits, the Health and Human Services inspector general reported in December. Doctors and hospital representatives across the U.S. still have questions ...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MedSitter, a leading virtual patient observation solution received top marks from a KLAS Emerging Solutions Spotlight report released today, which revealed ...

Thus, an observation patient may have to pay as much as 20 percent of the costs of her stay (if she has it, Medicare Supplemental (Medigap) insurance may pick this up). But the real time bomb goes ...

On Sept. 16, at a time not provided by the report, the patient was placed on virtual patient observation. However, there was no documentation from a nurse about any changes in the patient’s ...

Patients, take note: Starting Oct. 1, those who spend more than 24 hours in the hospital could receive notice that they’ve been placed on something known as "observation status." It’s a ...