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The nations largest hospital accreditation organization has issued a new warning aiming to reduce harmful incidents arising from inaccurate delivery of medications.
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If a grateful patient presented you with one of his Aunt Marys special fruitcakes during the holidays, it was probably pretty obvious that such a gift presents no ethical dilemma.
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Though the Supreme Courts recent ruling in Gonzales v. Oregon says more about physicians authority to write prescriptions than about the right of states to pass laws permitting physician-assisted suicide (PAS), proponents of Oregons Death with Dignity law welcomed the ruling as a victory for physician discretion and patient autonomy.
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Reuse of single-use devices, environmental responsibility, and development of a patient safety culture are three of the new or significantly revised guidance statements to be included in the 2006 Standards, Recommended Practices and Guidelines published by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).
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In ambulatory surgery survey results recently released by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) with the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC), total operating cost per case varied from $343.49 for single specialty gastroenterology centers to $1,430.88 for orthopedic surgery centers.
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Between 50% and 80% of the 609 patients in a pain study conducted by the e-Pain Research Group in Montreal, had misconceptions about the pain they could expect after surgery and about the proper way to use medications to control pain.
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A patient goes in to a hospital for preoperative testing and ends up with more than $8,000 charged to fake accounts in his name at stores across his state.
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Our facility is managed by an outside management company. We pay them 9% of net collected revenue, plus they have 15% of the equity in the center. This seems high. Is it?
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Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have shown that hypnosis can reduce preoperative anxiety for adults undergoing ambulatory surgery.
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Thinking outside the box enabled the manager and medical director of the Elmira (NY) ASC to not only cut the cost of their procedure for patients, but also to make the patients recovery more comfortable and quicker.