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Get ready: Deadline set for ICD-10 conversion
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With new protocols, patients come out of the OR nearly discharge-ready
Enhanced recovery protocols are allowing providers to discharge patients more quickly without additional complications or readmissions. -
Electronic reminders might help prevent SSIs
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Deaths rise with shift to outpatient urology
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`Don't confuse me with the facts!’
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Anethetists’ hand hygiene indicates low compliance
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Surgical collaborative saves $75 million
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Surgery centers provided Ebola checklist
The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) is providing a facility preparedness checklist for Ebola to outpatient facilities: -
Flash sterilization’ dropped -- CMS looks for properly performed `immediate-use’ measures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is advising its inspectors that the outmoded term “flash sterilization” has been largely dropped in healthcare in favor of the term “immediate use steam sterilization” (IUSS). CMS has issued a memorandum that goes beyond semantics by emphasizing that IUSS is a more rigorous process. -
Avoid danger of disclosure: Just the facts, ma’am
With plaintiffs getting their hands on more documents that previously were off limits, the best way to avoid that danger is to be strict about separating fact and opinion