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American Pain Society publishes guideline for post-surgical pain management
The American Pain Society has released a new evidence-based clinical practice guideline, appearing in The Journal of Pain, with 32 recommendations to help clinicians achieve optimal pain management following surgery. According to numerous studies, most surgical patients receive inadequate pain relief, which can heighten the risk for prolonged post-surgical pain, mood disorders, and physical impairment.
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BCBSA study shows how consumers save with shift to outpatient care
A new study by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association demonstrates how much consumers and payers save when medical procedures shift from an inpatient to an outpatient setting.
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You can improve communication with your surgery staff — Here’s how
“The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.” Did you figure it out? Can you? These statements have driven compulsive individuals crazy over the years. It is the “liar’s paradox,” or pseudómenos lógos.
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Shorter surgery check-in saves $11,500 annually
Employees, supervisors, and managers at Seattle Children’s Hospital are constantly on the lookout for work that is no longer useful.
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Advice on resolving count discrepancies in the OR
When a member of the OR team notices a count discrepancy, that person must speak up, said Amber Wood, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, senior perioperative practice specialist at the Association of perioperative Registered Nurses and lead author of a newly updated guideline on retained items.
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First-of-its-kind perioperative surgical home initiative
Most participants in the perioperative surgical home learning collaborative reported they enhanced clinical quality, controlled costs, and/or improved patient experiences as a result of their initiatives.
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Outpatient surgery field fights back after ban from insurance plans
Distressed. Alarming. Shortsighted. Troubling. These words are being used to describe a new trend of employers offering healthcare coverage that excludes outpatient surgery in all settings: hospitals, surgery centers, and surgeons’ offices.
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New guidance on ethics of charity dental clinics
Informed consent and lack of access to necessary follow-up care are two ethical concerns with charity clinics offering free dental care, according to a white paper from the American Dental Association.
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Telemedicine sees rapid growth
Almost all major healthcare systems are adopting some form of telehealth, and it is rapidly becoming a standard of care, says David A. Fleming, MD, MA, MACP, director of University of Missouri’s Center for Health Ethics in Columbia.
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Ebola outbreak brought unprecedented ethical challenges
Sangeeta Lamba, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine and surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, says Ebola was one of the biggest systemwide ethical challenges she’s seen in her career. “Nothing has challenged us more in emergency medicine, in the ethical realm, than Ebola,” she says.