Results of a national study indicate it is not uncommon for women to have prolonged bleeding of 10 or more days, spotting for six or more days, and/or heavy bleeding for three or more days during the transition to menopause.
Bedsider (www.bedsider.org), an online birth control support network operated by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, has collaborated with the California Department of Public Health STD Control Branch and the California Family Health Council to expand the InTOUCH reminder system that was successfully piloted in California to a national scale.
Surgical teams have seen successful reductions in distractions and improved workflow after implementing a `sterile cockpit protocol during critical phases of operations, says Michelle Feil, MSN, RN, senior patient safety analyst at the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has removed the provision in the Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) requiring ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to have a radiologist on the medical staff, according to the ASC Association (ASCA). CMS estimates that the change will save ASCs $41 million annually.