Background: Capturing appropriate clinical documentation allows providers to best approach treating patients and can also be utilized for quality monitoring of outcomes within health systems. Mortality measures are used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for reimbursement and payment. (1) Observed mortality includes all deaths which occur in the hospital during a [...]

Background: Hospitalized patients have been shown to spend an average of 83% of their stay in bed(1), leading to loss of independence in activities of daily living and lower rates of discharge to home(2,3). Given staff shortages within the hospital setting and our desire to inspire prioritization of mobility in future healthcare providers, we hypothesized [...]