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  • Think of 21 CFR Part 11 as a business issue

    An expert advises how to best comply. Slipping away are the days of pen-and-paper record keeping. Here to stay are electronic records and electronic signatures.
  • News Briefs

    Petition for stem cell policy change circulated; Stem cell research moving forward; FDA initiative seeks to speed up approvals.
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  • Patient Safety Alert

    Finding root causes without blame helps eliminate errors
  • Save $15,000 with these cost-efficiency ideas

    In this first part of a two-part series on cost savings in ambulatory surgery, we discuss how to save money in administrative support, benefits, salaries, and services. In next months issue, well discuss telecommunications and occupancy costs
  • Tentatively OK’d: Hand gel dispensers in hallways

    The Quincy, MA-based National Fire Protection Association has approved a tentative interim amendment to the 2000 and 2003 Life Safety Code to allow health care facilities to install alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers in corridors and other public areas.
  • Should ASCs be cited for non-list procedures?

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a memo directing Medicare certification surveyors to confirm that ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are not performing non-ASC list procedures on Medicare beneficiaries, but we think CMS is totally incorrect, says Kathy Bryant, executive vice president of the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA) in Alexandria, VA. Bryant updated ASCs on Medicare issues at the recent annual FASA meeting.
  • Joint statement addresses propofol administration

    The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists have developed a joint statement regarding propofol administration that says when propofol is used for sedation/anesthesia, it should be administered only by persons who are trained in the administration of general anesthesia and who are not simultaneously involved in surgical or diagnostic procedures.
  • HIPAA Q&A

    This column addresses specific questions related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation. How should you handle discarded computers?
  • The Role of Fat Intake in Breast Cancer

    Keegan L, Keegan GT. The role of fat intake in breast cancer. Altern Ther Women's Health 2004;6(7):49-53.