Background: Observation status was designed to reduce health care costs for patients in need of short hospital stays. CMS suggests that observation care should typically require less than 24 hours, and only rarely last more than 48 hours. However, studies suggest that length of stay for observation patients is often longer than CMS guidance.[1,2] An [...]

Background: Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are an increasingly popular choice in the acute care setting for intravenous therapy. However, compared to other catheters, PICCs are associated with a higher risk for venous thromboembolism and blood stream infection, with multi-lumen PICCs having higher complication rates than single lumen. Midline catheters are associated with a much [...]

Background: Time spent on electronic medical record (EMR) documentation is one of the top dissatisfiers for providers. With burnout at an all-time high, reducing provider burden while maintaining high quality care is essential to moving healthcare forward in a sustainable way. “While electronic documentation provides a number of benefits as compared to paper-based documentation, including [...]