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Most surgical specialties will experience a shortage of surgeons by 2020, a new study predicts.
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Same-day surgery managers have looked at every aspect of their new employee recruitment program to identify how to best attract good nurses.
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During a routine process and operational audit of a hospital facility last month, we discovered an interesting situation. The supply cost and personnel cost for most ambulatory surgery cases exceeded the reimbursement by 30%.
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Question: How should a same-day surgery program proceed if a patient agrees with only portions of the privacy notice?
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Medicare has published a rule for hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) services that will increase rates in the aggregate by 4.5%, according to an initial analysis by the American Hospital Association. The rule was published in the Nov. 7 Federal Register and takes effect Jan. 1.
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Even if there are no cases in the world of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), you still should encourage patients with respiratory symptoms to wear a surgical mask, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions draft Public Health Guidance for Community-Level Preparedness and Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 290 reports of thrombosis associated with a drug-coated stent approved in April for angioplasty.
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An Illinois woman recently was awarded $19 million after her bladder was punctured during surgery to remove an ovarian cyst and went undiagnosed for nearly two days, according to a news report.
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Post-surgical pain control has come a long way since the days when patients were sent home with oral narcotics and no other way to control pain.
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In the last several years, seven bills have been introduced in Congress to ban outpatient mastectomies but have not passed.
