Description
Book SynopsisObservation medicine is a cutting-edge solution to the high costs and poor accessibility of primary and subspecialty care. This book is a practical guide to the clinical and administrative aspects of establishing and managing an observation unit. For healthcare professionals and business managers alike, it is accessible to an international audience.
Trade Review'This reasonably priced reference should be in all observation units. In addition to being well written, it comes with excellent illustrations, easy-to-understand algorithms, and a SWOT(strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis for making a business case for observation units. In addition, the eBook version is easy to navigate, featuring a search option and hyperlinked parts, chapters, and references … With an increasing number of emergency department visits, observation medicine is essential to improve patient outcome, reduce costs by triaging patients, and avoid unnecessary admissions by judicious application of the clinical protocols and principles recommended in this book. Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols comes highly recommended.' Mary E. Arthur, Anaesthesia & Analgesia
Table of ContentsPart I. Administration; Part II. Observation Medicine; Part III. New Developments in Observation Medicine; Part IV. Clinical; Section 1. Cardiac; Part V. Financial; Section 1. Financial – Coding and Reimbursement; Part VI. International; Section 1. Africa; Part VII. Evidence Basis for Observation Medicine; Part VIII. Protocols; Part IX. Order Sets; Section 1. Adults.
