Inpatient and Observation

Selecting this Profile type includes all inpatient and observation encounters in your analysis.

Measures

For a full list of measures available for Observation patients, see Inpatient and Observation measures.

Measures cover the major areas of Quality, Safety, Utilization, Systems, and Profitability and Cost.

Grouping methodologies

To view the available grouping methodologies for benchmarking Observation patients, see Inpatient and Observation grouping types.

Grouping Methodologies are the same for Inpatient and observation encounters, which include:

• APR-DRG
• MS-DRG

Patient type specifics

See Inpatient and Observation encounters to learn about specific capabilities and functionality related to Observation encounters.