The Impact of Designated Behavioral Health Services on Resource Utilization and Quality of Care in Patients Requiring Constant Observation in a General Hospital Setting: A Quality Improvement Project
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DOI: 10.1007/s10597-018-0258-4
Abstract: Constant observation (CO) is a common economic burden on general hospitals. A quality improvement (QI) project focusing on behavioral health (BH) management of this population was piloted using a novel BH protocol for the proactive… read more here.
Keywords: constant observation; patients requiring; quality; project ... See more keywords
Systematic review of interventions to improve constant observation on adult inpatient psychiatric wards.
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DOI: 10.1111/inm.12696
Abstract: Constant observation is frequently conducted on inpatient psychiatric units to manage patients at risk of harming themselves or others. Despite its widespread use, there is little evidence of the efficacy of the practice or of… read more here.
Keywords: constant observation; observation; adult inpatient; inpatient psychiatric ... See more keywords
A mixed-methods multi-site case study of a person-centred intervention for constant observation in hospitals with people living with dementia
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321166
Abstract: Introduction Constant observation is widely used with people living with dementia admitted to hospital when identified at risk of harm to themselves or others. Staff allocated to closely monitor individual or small groups of patients… read more here.
Keywords: people living; constant observation; living dementia; staff ... See more keywords