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Many outpatient surgery managers are prepared, at least to some extent, to respond to a disaster in their communities, but what do you do when your facility is the disaster?
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Using the Internet to promote communications between physician offices and outpatient surgery programs is a good way to connect with your surgeons, but have you considered using an intranet to communicate with employees?
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While we need to budget for new equipment in the surgical suites, we don't necessarily need to spend it. With already escalating costs for energy and labor, any area where we can save money or "capital" is wise planning.
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While we need to budget for new equipment in the surgical suites, we don't necessarily need to spend it. With already escalating costs for energy and labor, any area where we can save money or "capital" is wise planning.
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Three-dimensional technology that the military created to help fighter pilots in air combat is now being used by outpatient surgeons to perform complex laparoscopic cases, and at about one-tenth the price of the da Vinci Surgical robotic system (Intuitive Surgical, Santa Monica, CA).
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Surgeons who are skilled at video games also are more skilled at laparoscopic surgery, according to a just-released study published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery.
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The Minnesota Department of Health has released its third annual report, Adverse Health Events in Minnesota. The report, containing events from a 12-month period starting October 2005, showed 154 total adverse events.
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The American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC) has developed a list of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) by states and by congressional districts.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has agreed to allow astigmatism- correcting lenses as an option for Medicare beneficiaries, according to the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA).
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Should your program waive charges after a serious adverse event occurs? The Washington, DC-based Leapfrog Group and the Chicago-based Midwest Business Group on Health, both of which represent employers, have called on hospitals to take this stand.
