Background: There is growing adoption of Observation units as an answer to increasing payment denials in short stay admissions (ranging from 24-72 hours), overcrowding in emergency room, need for inpatient capacity and mismatched resource utilization. There is quite a bit of variation in the type of OBS units like Level I OBS unit- which is [...]

Background: The merging of academic and community hospitals into a single large healthcare system often does not account for the differences in health care delivery between sites, despite attempts by the system to streamline care through standardized policies, common metrics, and a shared medical record system. Multi-site service lines can be an effective strategy for [...]