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American Health Consultants is offering "Imminent Smallpox Vaccinations in Hospitals: Consequences for You and Your Facility," a 90-minute audio conference Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 2-3:30 p.m. EST.
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By using the Internet, the same-day surgery staff at Kent Hospital in Warwick, RI, was able to broadcast a rotator cuff surgery to 140 high schools students and their teachers at seven school sites.
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Every same-day surgery program has a plan to deal with emergencies such as fires, but no one wants to have to use it, especially with more than 100 people in the building and eight patients in the ORs. It is nice to know, however, that one such plan worked when needed.
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While no one wants to experience a fire, it is an opportunity to evaluate how well the emergency plan works and what small changes might improve it.
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Surgery centers are busy. Theres no question about that. But they are also big business, and someone needs to keep track of the business end. It takes constant monitoring to stay on the right track.
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James G. Parker Insurance Associates in Fresno, CA, has negotiated exclusive terms and conditions for ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals to obtain medical malpractice insurance.
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The final rule for the hospital outpatient prospective payment system provides a congressionally mandated 3.5% inflationary update to hospitals Medicare outpatient payment rates for FY 2003. Here is a summary from the American Hospital Association.
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A listing by subject category of all articles published in Same-Day Surgery newsletter in 2002.
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Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) still will be paid generally 65% of the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payment in 2008, as was proposed in August, but the actual payment rates will vary from the ones proposed because the relative weights used are different than those proposed, according to the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA).
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Televisions are standard equipment in recovery areas to help patients and their family members pass time and reduce anxiety.
