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Suppose your facility was the subject of a malpractice claim, and a nurse told you that the surgeon happened to be on the phone when the mistake was made that injured the patient. Surely the surgeon was talking to another physician or reviewing lab results for the patient, right?
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Education is an important facet of the drug testing program at Tampa (FL) General Hospital, says JoAnn Shea, CHON-S, MS, ARNP, director of employee health services.
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Employees have gotten very creative about diverting medications and drugs, and some are using newer anesthetics that aren't easy to test for, warns Bruce Cunha, manager of employee health and safety, and infection prevention and control, at Marshfield (WI) Clinic.
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With the help of a quarterly bonus system for physicians and staff, one South Carolina surgery center achieved a cost per case (medical supplies, implants, and drugs) of $159 in July 2007, and it has averaged a cost per case of $227 for 2007 at press time.
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A surgical tech takes fentanyl from an anesthesia tray and substitutes it with a normal saline solution (NSS). He is caught when someone sees him taking the drug from the unattended anesthesia tray.
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Organizations accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) in Skokie, IL, won't have to make major changes to meet new and revised standards in 2008, but they do have to read the standards manual carefully.
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American hospitals are making measurable strides in the quality of care provided for patients with surgical conditions, according to Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2007, The Joint Commission's second report on health care quality and patient safety in hospitals.
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Forty-eight U.S. representatives and senators have sent a letter to House Republican and Democratic leaders in which they note that the moratorium on the growth of specialty hospitals imposed by the Medicare Modernization Act expires in June 2005, and they said its imperative that Congress be poised to address the issue early next year.
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Starting Jan. 1, hospitals will receive a 3.3% inflation update in payment rates for services provided in outpatient departments (OPDs), under a final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).