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Study: Drug-resistant Bacteria Increasingly Common in Urinary Tract Infection Patients
New research suggests that antibiotic-resistant infections remain a challenging problem, leaving frontline providers with few options when tried-and-true medicines fail to knock out invading bacteria.
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The Case for Broader ED-based Screening Strategies for Hepatitis C
Although the CDC recommends frontline providers use a targeted screening strategy for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), some EDs are finding that nontargeted approaches are more effective at uncovering new infections. Further, investigators note there is a new surge in HCV infections among younger people that is associated with the opioid epidemic. Such individuals often are reluctant to disclose their use of injectable drugs or other behaviors that put them at risk for HCV.
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Higher STD Rates Alarm Investigators
Researchers from the CDC report that STD diagnoses are at the highest they have ever been in the United States, signaling what some are calling a public health crisis.
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Medical Centers Employ Rapid Response Teams to Treat Difficult Airways
While emergency providers are trained in the management of difficult airways, there are times when added multidisciplinary expertise can be essential to ensuring a good outcome. To address these instances, some medical centers have established rapid response teams that will come to the bedside of patients with known difficult airways or new complications that make airway access problematic.
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Sterile Processing and Infection Control
The author answers recently asked questions regarding sterile processing and distribution.
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California Wildfires Teach ASC Leader Tough Lessons
While ASCs maintain disaster preparedness plans, they might not have developed a post-disaster process and plan. One ASC leader offers some advice on what to expect and how to prepare.
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Improving Payer Contracts: How to Navigate the Obstacle Course
Out-of-network health plans are not what they used to be for surgery centers. Payers have been fighting back against centers charging them more and patients less. Sometimes, this fight has gone to court, and payers have won millions of dollars from ASCs.
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CMS Proposes ASC Reimbursement Change
In late July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to change its Medicare ASC payment system for 2019 to the hospital market basket update instead of the CPI-U.
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Investigation Reveals Stark Difference in Opioid Use Among Spine Patients
The authors of a recent study found that spine surgery patients who were on opioids prior to their surgery were most likely to use opioids for a year or longer after surgery.
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New Research Sheds Light on Opioid Problems After Surgery
Investigators are studying the problems of surgery centers and physicians prescribing opioid medication with too little information about patients’ history with opioids and without adequate patient education on using and disposing of leftover drugs.