After a workplace accident, it's often very easy to see where things went wrong. After all, hindsight is 20/20. But what if we could have that same clarity before an accident occurred? What if we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. There was a voicemail waiting for me on Monday morning from ...

Regulators and payers use hospital readmissions as an indicator of quality of care, but the omission of observation stays provides an incomplete picture, according to a paper in this week’s New ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

Picture this: An employee never turns down extra work, always obliging. On the surface, their manager thinks everything is fine. But eventually, the manager starts to listen more closely every time ...

The Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice, or MOON, is a standardized notice developed to inform Medicare patients that they are an outpatient receiving observation services and are not an inpatient ...

Daily observation reports provide a method for managers to evaluate the performance of employees in the field. The reports are commonly used in law enforcement to determine if and when a trainee is ...

A new study appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine has concluded that patents on observation status cost hospitals money. According to study data drawn from the University of Wisconsin Hospital and ...

Opened in 2005, the Hamon Observation Tower stands 144 feet tall, overshadowing the SkyStar as the highest viewpoint in Golden Gate Park. Although it’s in plain sight, the tower is one of those San ...