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The times, they are a changin'. Surgical patients used to arrive at hospitals the day before surgery, where staff did all the prep work to ensure patients were as clean as possible to avoid post-surgical infections.
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Part of my job is to review technology: hardware, software, web applications, cell phone apps, and the like. What a sweet job, right?
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There are several disparate areas in which following a vendor or consultant's recommendations could lead to liability for a provider or facility, warns Henry C. Fader, JD, an attorney at Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia.
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A program to decrease surgical infections in knee, hip, and back procedures is a winner of the 2012 Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Awards. The award for surgical/procedural care is given annually by the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement (AAAHC Institute). An initiative to increase patient satisfaction garnered honorable mention.
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Hiring staff is one of the most pleasurable and satisfying experience most of us do. It can also be one of the most frustrating. We have several facilities where we need to augment the staff at centers or hire for completely new facilities. I dont know which I enjoy most. I think it is infinitely easier to hire 30 or 40 all new staff than it is to fill one vacant position.
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Most hospital systems are using an outside credentialing company to verify that the vendor is safe to allow on-site and in certain situations, such as surgery, says Dan Flynn, a surgical instrument sales representative with K&D Medical in Columbus, OH. The hospitals are turning to these outside companies to do all the verification, which frees them of that administrative burden but still gives them assurance that the vendor has been properly vetted.
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Regarding ECRI Institute's list of Top 10 Health Technology Hazards, the following is advise.