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Next month's issue will focus on saving money and generating revenue in outpatient surgery.
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Alert fatigue can lead to behaviors in health care that might seem fine until the day they cause a tragedy, says John Banja, PhD, assistant director for health sciences and clinical ethics at Emory University in Atlanta.
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Like most, I was inspired by the rescue of the Chilean miners in October. I felt an enormous urge to accomplish something significant, to finish projects I had left dangling or follow up on other issues that individually weren't a big deal but collectively were.
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The Joint Commission and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) report that compliance with infection control standards is an ongoing problem.
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Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace continue to be a tricky problem for managers, who need to ensure that employees do not violate patient privacy even when off duty but also must avoid violating the personal rights of those employees.
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A woman goes in for a hysterectomy, then begins to have pain and swelling. Over six years, abnormal cell tissue develops and is thought to be cancer. She undergoes an exploratory laparotomy, and a surgical towel is discovered in her abdomen. In December, the jury awarded her more than half a million dollars for pain and suffering.
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In the first half of this year, almost half (48%) of ambulatory organizations and 68% of office-based surgical practices accredited by The Joint Commission were not in compliance with HR.02.01.03: The organization grants initial, renewed, or revised clinical privileges to individuals who are permitted by law and the organization to practice independently.
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The Chinese man struggled to understand what his American health care provider was saying. The patient barely spoke English. The provider threw up his hands in frustration and sitalicsid, "He just doesn't get it."
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A reader responded to my column on getting patients in 45 minutes before surgery. Her response: "What is the name of your planet?
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With the recent release of the HITECH rule's language on breach notification, managers can be left wondering when they have to notify after a breach of protected health information (PHI) in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
