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The report by the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office regarding Florida teen Stephanie Kuleba, who died earlier this year of malignant hyperthermia (MH), doesn't answer all of the questions surrounding her death.
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The cause of death in the case of a Florida teen having breast surgery has been confirmed as malignant hyperthermia (MH),1 and the eyes of the nation have turned to outpatient surgery providers and their preparation to handle an MH episode.
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Outpatient surgery programs will have to look for physicians with a combination of skills before granting privileges for natural orifice surgery, says Marc Bessler, MD, director of laparoscopic surgery and director of Obesity Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University, New York City.
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Identifying the best payers with whom to contract in your area can be done by researching local employers, but another way is to pay attention to what insurance cards you see from your patients.
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(Editor's note: In the second part of a two-part series on contract negotiations, we give you tips for handling contract renewals, and we tell you how to identify the best potential contracts. In last month's issue, we told you what to do when your contact is up for renewal.)
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The company Starbucks made a significant business decision a few months ago. Their board decided that they needed to focus on what they thought they did best: Operate as a specialty coffee store.
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Within a group purchasing organization, work with specific vendors, suggests Terry Hawes, RN, vice president of Dallas-based National Surgical Care.
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Handoff Communications: Toolkit for Implementing the National Patient Safety Goal will help providers use handoff practices to reduce the risk of medical errors and comply with the National Patient Safety Goal, according to Joint Commission Resources (JCR), which developed the toolkit.
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Under the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals, ambulatory surgery programs will be required to implement best practices on prevention of surgical-site infection.
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Surgeons at University of California San Diego Medical Center recently removed a diseased appendix through the mouth. This is another first in a series of firsts for natural orifice surgery.