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By getting financial staff to understand the clinician's point of view and finding a way to work together, Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA, has been able to capture millions in additional revenue, including $10 million just from the operating rooms.
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Are you wondering how health care reform is going to impact your outpatient surgery program? Join the crowd.
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This month, our special focus is on saving money and increasing revenue in outpatient surgery.
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Want to make more money next month? Look at your "variable costs" this month! Many professionals tend to overlook the amount of revenue that is generated by simply not spending money. The treasure chest lies within your own grasp.
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Specialty Surgical Center in Sparta, NJ, has used a three-part philosophy process to achieve significant savings, including a drastic reduction in overtime for preop nurses and a $10,000 savings in an equipment purchase.
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A universal screening program for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago is reducing infections by approximately 70% annually, says Jorge Parada, MD, MPH, infectious disease chief at the teaching hospital.
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Applying the considerable power of infection control interventions across more than 150 hospitals nationwide, the Veterans Affairs (VA) system is planning to target Clostridium difficle in its next major initiative, Hospital Infection Control & Prevention learned.
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A new rapid tuberculosis test promises to help reduce health care worker exposures through early identification of patients.
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In this issue we conclude our two-part special report "MRSA Patient Stories" with comments from clinicians and public health officials, particularly in light of emerging data indicating MRSA infections can be sharply reduced through patient screening programs.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finalizing new guidelines on prevention of norovirus infections and was expected to release them soon as this issue went to press.