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When Preventing a Cyberattack Fails, ASCs Need Recovery Plan
An important component of any cybersecurity plan is knowing what to do when cyberdisaster strikes. For ASCs, this means creating a disaster recovery continuity plan, which should be fluid and can be adjusted as needed.
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Too Small to Be Attacked by Cybercriminals? Not So Fast
Cybercriminals have attacked hundreds of healthcare organizations in recent years, including surgery centers. Cybersecurity plans are needed to educate staff on how to prevent attacks and what to do when one occurs. Surgery centers should conduct an annual vulnerability assessment to learn about weaknesses in the business that need correcting.
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Are Ambulatory Settings Suitable for All OSA Patient Surgeries?
Debates over which procedures and apnea patients are suitable for care in ASCs likely will continue. But recent research suggests that when patients are screened for obstructive sleep apnea and evidence-based guidelines are followed, they can be managed safely in an ambulatory setting.
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Study Highlights OSA Risk Factors for Postoperative Events
Researchers found that patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea had double the risk of an adverse cardiac event occurring within 30 days after surgery.
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Sleep Apnea Surgery Patients at Risk of Cardiac Events, Including Death
Tens of thousands of people die each year from obstructive sleep apnea, including surgery patients who were not diagnosed with the condition or who have not managed the condition.Obesity and aging are factors often associated with obstructive sleep apnea, and these also are common demographics among ambulatory surgery center patients.
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An Evidence-Based Review of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Evaluation and Management in the Emergency Department
Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common presentation to the ED, and patients can present at any age with varying complexity and severity.
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As Measles Cases Mount, Frontline Providers Urged to Remain Vigilant
As of late May, 940 measles cases had been confirmed in 2019, the most cases reported in the United States in 25 years.
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Trump Administration Outlines Steps Aimed at Eliminating HIV Epidemic
CDC Director: “This is going to be a whole-of-society initiative. We have an unprecedented opportunity to end the HIV epidemic in America, and that is why the time to act is now.”
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EDs, Community Partners Play Central Role in Slashing HIV Diagnoses in San Francisco
Emergency providers have played a strong role in helping San Francisco drastically reduce the number of new HIV infections as part of the city’s Getting to Zero initiative. In particular, the ED at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH) has identified 10% of all new HIV infections in the city. Working in partnership with Ward 86, the nation’s first HIV clinic, these patients and their partners have been connected to care quickly, greatly diminishing subsequent transmissions. It is a model that has been duplicated across the city to great effect.
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As Cannabis Use Proliferates, Investigators Probe What Brings Patients to the ED With Adverse Drug Events
Investigators are beginning to unearth important findings from a rich data set regarding cannabis-related ED visits at a large, academic medical center in Colorado. As states move to legalize recreational and/or medicinal cannabis use, the information is important to helping frontline providers understand how to recognize and treat such patients.