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When two outpatient surgery departments faced disaster in the past year, they learned just how important it is to participate in disaster drills and to come together as a team when a crisis hits.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Intense feelings of anxiety and humiliation, not to mention fears of being sued or professionally censured, are extremely common. Not surprisingly, the appearances of defensive and self-protective strategies that urge concealment are common as well.