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In an unusual pairing, Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City has teamed with the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care to apply the approaches of its Zen Buddhist chaplains to the anxieties and pains spiritual or physical of hospital patients.
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According to a recent survey of neurologists, "clinicians vary greatly in the education and support they provide or recommend for people with MCI [mild cognitive impairment], suggesting that there is a need for practice guidelines in this area."
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A recent jury verdict in Florida may provide support for hospitals considering sending long-term, high-cost patients back to their home countries.
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Every manager wants to believe that the credentialing process has properly vetted all the organization's health care professionals to ensure that they are qualified and have no known criminal record.
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A woman goes in for an abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and omentectomy. Subsequent pain, nausea, and vomiting lead to medical attention and hospitalization, but the cause isn't identified.
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According to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the economic stimulus package passed by Congress earlier this year included several changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) involving privacy of patient information:
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The administrative manager of a surgery center had been asking to have access to the banking account, but the business manager said that the center was "maxed out on users" and he couldn't give her access.
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Looks like I struck a nerve with the column on physicians as employees ("Meet your new employee: Dr. Smith, surgeon," Same-Day Surgery, July 2009).
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What do the following famous people have in common? Jill Biden, Pope Benedict XVI, Ozzy Osbourne, and The Dixie Chicks.
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Most women surgeons would choose their careers again, although many would favor more options for part-time or other alternative work schedules, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery.