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When members at Regence BlueCross Blue Shield want to lose weight, start exercising, quit smoking, manage the stress in their lives, or get a good night's sleep, help is just a phone call away.
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As the cost of health care continues to soar, employer groups and health plans are focusing on wellness programs that help people who aren't sick now change their lifestyles and avoid developing chronic diseases, such as emphysema, heart disease, or diabetes.
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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, have found that children who require multiple surgeries under anesthesia during their first three years of life are at higher risk to develop learning disabilities later.
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Patients who need to have surgery at the Aurora Surgery Center in Plymouth, WI, have one less thing to worry about, since the center began offering free rides to patients and their caregivers.
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(Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series on workplace violence. Last month, we gave you information about recent activity and how you should manage this problem. We also gave you a checklist, sample policies, and advice on how to handle layoffs. This month, we give you warning signs, advice on when to call the police, and an extensive list of resources.)
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Business does not succeed on its expenses, or lack thereof. Healthy companies rely on revenue and then appropriate expenses to thrive. Surgery is no different than any other service industry: We need revenue to grow and become or stay profitable.
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Norma Wooley, 54, checked into Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, IL, on a recent Monday morning for brain surgery to repair a life-threatening aneurysm. She went home on Tuesday and was cured of a cerebral aneurysm.
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In a recent case that led to a $4.7 million settlement, a 50-year-old woman's calcium level fell from 9.4 mg/dL to 7.3 mg/dL following an elective thyroidectomy for removal of an enlarged thyroid.1 The woman eventually was diagnosed with hypocalcemia.
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(Editor's note: In this first of a two-part series on infection control issues in ambulatory surgery, we tell you about a model program in North Carolina, as well as recent incidents as a hospital and surgery center. In next month's issue, we'll give you information about how infection rates actually have been reduced dramatically in an outpatient surgery setting.)
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When looking at a study that would involve the use of the exception from informed consent for emergency research (EICER), IRBs first should consider whether the exception is necessary and appropriate, says Graham Nichol, MD, MPH, medical director of the University of Washington Clinical Trials Center in Seattle.