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In a previous Clinical Alert, the risk of uterine rupture in patients attempting vaginal birth after cesarean sections (VBACs) was addressed when it appeared that there was a distinct downturn in the amount of VBACs being done in the USA.
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The Women's Health Initiative investigators reported health outcomes at 3 years after the estrogen-progestin arm of the clinical trial was canceled.
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In this issue: Does erythropoietin worsen cancer death rates? Most hypothyroid patients can be replaced with levothyroxine alone without additional T3. Does aggressive control in type 2 diabetes save lives?
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At a time when surgery centers are facing Medicare changes and proposed freezes that are causing a seemingly endless financial struggle, a standoff that developed between a private payer and a surgery center chain in Ohio is causing some centers to call foul.
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Andrew Cuomo, the New York state attorney general, is going to sue UnitedHealth Group and four of its subsidiaries, including Ingenix, on allegations that they defrauding consumers by manipulating reimbursement rates, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA).
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Basic infection control practices are being reviewed in light of six cases of hepatitis C that have been linked with a surgery center in Las Vegas that reportedly reused syringes, with new needles, and reused single-dose vials.
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I'm following up on my last column in which I urged surgical programs to include surgeons in decision-making processes to help hospitals and surgery centers alike function better and become more cost-efficient. Talk is cheap, so here are some real-life examples:
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Identification and reduction of potential adverse events and patient safety risks are required by all accreditation organizations, but not all outpatient managers look at using information from near misses to develop performance improvement projects to address risks.
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It wasn't a surgical procedure that almost tripped up the staff at Blue Ridge Surgery Center. It was a pain procedure, says Suzanne L. Broome, RN, director of the Seneca, SC, facility.
