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Understanding the Medical Executive Committee
Rarely do individual hospital and surgery center personnel fully understand the role of this committee and the tremendous contribution it plays in safety and successful management of a quality facility. The committee makes recommendations on matters that affect quality of care and ensures the ethical conduct and competent performance on the part of all members of the medical staff.
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When Preventing a Cyberattack Fails, ASCs Need Recovery Plan
An important component of any cybersecurity plan is knowing what to do when cyberdisaster strikes. For ASCs, this means creating a disaster recovery continuity plan, which should be fluid and can be adjusted as needed.
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Too Small to Be Attacked by Cybercriminals? Not So Fast
Cybercriminals have attacked hundreds of healthcare organizations in recent years, including surgery centers. Cybersecurity plans are needed to educate staff on how to prevent attacks and what to do when one occurs. Surgery centers should conduct an annual vulnerability assessment to learn about weaknesses in the business that need correcting.
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Are Ambulatory Settings Suitable for All OSA Patient Surgeries?
Debates over which procedures and apnea patients are suitable for care in ASCs likely will continue. But recent research suggests that when patients are screened for obstructive sleep apnea and evidence-based guidelines are followed, they can be managed safely in an ambulatory setting.
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Study Highlights OSA Risk Factors for Postoperative Events
Researchers found that patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea had double the risk of an adverse cardiac event occurring within 30 days after surgery.
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Sleep Apnea Surgery Patients at Risk of Cardiac Events, Including Death
Tens of thousands of people die each year from obstructive sleep apnea, including surgery patients who were not diagnosed with the condition or who have not managed the condition.Obesity and aging are factors often associated with obstructive sleep apnea, and these also are common demographics among ambulatory surgery center patients.
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Hospital Case Management Wants to Hear From You
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Interdisciplinary Care Rounds: A Key Strategy for Improving Case Management Outcomes, Part 4
This month concludes the four-part series on the topic of interdisciplinary care rounds. This issue will focus on talking points for rounds, documentation related to rounds, measuring the success of rounds, and how to manage the rounding process in the future.
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AHA: Hold Off on Star Ratings Until CMS Can Fix Problems
Problems with the structure and execution of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services star ratings are so serious that the agency should halt their use until repairs can be made, according to a letter sent by the American Hospital Association to the government agency.
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Privately Paid Care Management: Emerging Service Provides Advocacy and More
A privately paid care manager is a care option when an elderly patient does not have family close by. This is a service that has emerged to fill a need of the “sandwich generation” — adult children trying to coordinate care for elderly parents who live far away. The care manager often is a nurse, social worker, gerontologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, or other health-related professional.