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What are the deadlines for compliance with the HIPAA security rule? What happens to noncompliant providers on April 20, 2005? Where should I start when putting together my compliance plan?
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The average surgical corridor looks like the ending scenes in a disaster movie where all the actors claim, We can rebuild it and make it better than it was. Look around your facility, and you will see what Im talking about: a mess. Over the months and years, our eyes have filtered it out. We minimize the optical clutter, but it still is there.
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Determining the best way to sterilize and repair a flexible endoscopes damage after its been used to check an airplane gas tank for leaks is not a problem that most same-day surgery managers encounter. Staff members and physicians understand more about the fragile nature of scopes than they did 15 years ago, when this incident occurred at a hospital-based outpatient surgery program.
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An outpatient surgery patient called back after discharge with complaints that indicated significant internal bleeding, but the staff member who answered the phone didnt recognize the signs and didnt refer the person to emergency care or a physician. By the next day, the patient had died.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released one of seven guidance papers on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security rule.
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In addition to the problems of high staff costs, outstanding debts, and overpriced supplies, outpatient surgery programs that are not performing well often have underutilized procedure and operating rooms, according to experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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Like many people after Hurricane Katrina, the staff members at HealthSouth St. Augustine (FL) Surgery Center were feeling devastated and helpless.
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In all of your disaster planning, did you imagine that you might have to climb onto the roof in the middle of a hurricane to ensure water drains away and doesnt collapse the roof?
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When reviewing your handoff communication process, dont just focus on the handoff between clinical areas such as the operating room and the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).