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New York City Chief Surgeon Describes How COVID-19 Changed Work, OR Function
At the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, everything changed around mid-March, when the facility closed because of the COVID-19 crisis. The first four weeks since HSS closed to elective surgeries were a time of dizzying change.
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Surgery Centers, Experts Search for Answers on Reopening
As COVID-19 spread across the United States, some surgery centers stopped most elective surgeries, sometimes repurposing their space to take emergent cases or turning operating rooms into critical care units to accept overflow from nearby hospitals. Others did what they could to survive during the pandemic. Now that many places have gone through a surge of COVID-19 cases and some governors have begun to lift stay-at-home orders, the question for surgery center leadership is: When and how should we resume normal operations?
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Orientation Checklist
There always is room for improvement regarding how new employees are trained and oriented. It is important to make sure a proper orientation process is documented and what it entails.
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Surgery Centers Can Improve Patient Record Documentation
From a nursing perspective, medical recordkeeping is more about risk management than it is about complying with regulations. All medical records from surgery centers should tell the stories of patients and include details about their episodes of care.
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Racial Disparities Affect Where Patients Undergo Surgery
Researchers compared two boroughs in New York City: Manhattan and the Bronx. Although the two communities are adjacent, they are markedly different. White patients who lived in the Bronx were significantly more likely than black patients to undergo elective surgery in Manhattan operating rooms.
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Achieving Racial Equity in Surgery Starts with Personal Mindset
Healthcare professionals often are unaware of their own gender, racial, cultural, or religious biases, which can play a role in inequity and disparate outcomes. Read on to learn about a popular assessment surgery center leaders can use to help raise awareness.
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Research Highlights Disparate Outcomes for Black Surgery Patients
Surgeons and other healthcare professionals carry biases they might not acknowledge, which can contribute to racial disparities. Numerous studies in recent years highlighted differences between black and white surgery patients. Investigators have researched different surgeries as well as patients’ outcomes and access. They all came to the same conclusion: Black patients fare worse.
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AORN Offers Perioperative Nurses Guidance on COVID-19
For perioperative nurses working through the COVID-19 crisis, the message is simple: “Do what you do best: Remain calm, and take care of the problem."
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COVID-19 Pandemic Closes Many Surgery Centers
The COVID-19 pandemic has led many surgery centers to close and surgeons to put off elective surgeries. Several professional associations have released guidelines to help the industry figure out where to go from here.
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Managing and Mingling Hospital, ASC Cultures
Hospitals continue outsourcing to ASCs, causing intermingling of services and cultures that challenge both. Surgery centers decided they could improve the services in their own facilities better than in the traditional hospital environment. However, hospitals have made great strides in the improvement of their services and are eager to joint venture with surgeons in several ways.