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By computerizing your inventory and integrating it with your scheduling and billing systems, you can improve your efficiency and enjoy a cost-savings.
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Look for the these features to make sure you have an inventory system that will save you time and money.
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Stickers arent just for kindergartners. In fact, using them in a same-day surgery program can help you make sure you are performing the correct procedure on the correct patient in the correct location.
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More than 24% of all U.S. hospitals reuse single-use medical devices (SUDs), according to the Food and Drug Administration.
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Keeping up with credentials and privileges for 85 physicians plus the staff members of a busy four-operating room multispecialty center is not an easy task, but the staff at Salinas (CA) Surgery Center has developed a system that works.
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You know that you have a competent, well-trained staff, but if your documentation doesnt reflect up-to-date training, certifications, and licenses, you dont meet accreditation standards.
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Safety-oriented planning should precede building process; test interventions for improving safety.
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One way to dispel myths consumers have about health care is to make sure that the staff who work with patients are educated on the topics that cause confusion, says Eileen Murray, RN, BSN, a neonatal educator at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston Campus.
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Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, NE, has a materials review process in place that ensures handouts are medically correct and professional. Yet the review process didnt include consumers until last year when the public relations committee decided their input was vital.
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Its not only important to create educational handouts that patients will read; it is equally vital that health care professionals use the materials.
