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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued a report on technologies for monitoring the quality of endoscope reprocessing. Emerging technologies offer the ability to perform rapid surveillance of the quality of reprocessing, which potentially might help reinforce adherence to the many steps in reprocessing.
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Newly published research suggests that patients scheduled for surgery might may want to get screened and treated for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before going under the knife.
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Medical malpractice plaintiff’s attorneys are increasingly confident about obtaining potentially game-changing documents that managers assumed would never be seen by the other side.
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Wouldn’t we all like the idea of trying things several times until we get it right, like Bill Murray’s character did in the movie Groundhog Day? My life would be so dramatically different, and so would yours! It would be so cool to tell your staff members or surgeons something, see their reaction, and then phrase it another way if that didn’t work. The concept is staggering!
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Antidepressants are known to provide effective pain relief for various chronic pain conditions; however, the jury is still out on their use in treating patients who suffer from acute or chronic pain following surgery
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Research institutions sometimes struggle with retaining experienced IRB members as the workload can be significant and there are so many competing duties and projects for these scientists, professors, bioethicists, and other professionals.
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The 21st century IRB office is run by professional-level staff more than in previous years. While 30 years ago an IRB could rely on a long-time employee who had experience without credentials, this model is becoming rare.