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Ambulatory surgery patients may be particularly susceptible to falls, surgery experts warn.
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A newly diagnosed diabetic, we'll call him Mr. Smith, called in to Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Health Coach Connection because his doctor had told him he needed to undergo gastric bypass surgery if he was going to live another 10 years.
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Stroke is the third leading cause of death, yet many of these fatalities could be prevented, according to the National Stroke Association based in Centennial, CO. Statistics tallied by this organization find about 80% of the 780,000 strokes occurring annually could have been avoided.
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As part of his efforts to educate the public about heart health, Frederick Meadors, MD, a surgeon at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock, AR, had planned to perform surgery on a patient while 330 people watched the procedure live through a video feed in a hospital auditorium.
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The effects of operating room fires can be devastating. An estimated 50 to 100 surgical fires per year is one of the reasons that the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has developed a practice advisory to address the issue.
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Ask questions. These words of advice are offered to patients, especially surgical patients, by accreditation organizations, medical societies, health care institutions, and individual physicians.
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Maximizing the use of your operating or procedure rooms can positively affect your bottom line. Although staff members can reduce turnover time to increase the number of cases each room can handle, what can you do about no-shows on the day of surgery or physicians who don't use all of the time blocked out for their procedures?
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Improper hand washing is the No. 1 way nosocomial infections are spread, says Sharon B. Hampton, MSN, RN, CAPA, patient care nurse manager for the ambulatory care unit, post-anesthesia care unit, pre-op holding unit, short-stay unit, and interventional radiology recovery unit at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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Question: Why are our investors not using the surgery center they built after they convinced us to give up our jobs at the local hospital? I am a pretty savvy RN who understands business as well as the next person, but this doesn't make sense. We built out five operating rooms. We are lucky if we are using two, and that is stretching it. Is it us?
