-
A new 34-page booklet, Risk Management Pearls for Nurses: Focus on the OR Setting, is available from the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management of the American Hospital Association (AHA).
-
Walter LC, deGarmo P, Covinsky KE. Association of older age and female sex with inadequate reach of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. Am J Med 2004; 116:174-178.
-
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that some reprocessed single-use devices (SUDs) no longer can be distributed commercially.
-
While laparoscopic cholecystectomies have become common at many same-day surgery programs, laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct may be less common due to available equipment and potential damage of flexible scopes.
-
Although the Government Accountability Office (GAO) was required to issue a report by Jan. 1, 2005, on the costs, charges, and payments for performing surgery in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospital outpatient departments, it appears the report will not be finished earlier than the fourth quarter of this year, according to the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC).
-
The proposed update to the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) list of approved procedures has been published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the proposals are a mixed bag for ASCs, according to industry sources.
-
Your facility experiences a rare adverse event. The wrong patient had surgery, or surgery was performed on the wrong body part. Things couldnt get worse . . . or could they? You receive a financial blow when you find out the insurance company wont pay the facility fee for the case.
-
-
While surveyors continue to focus upon National Patient Safety Goals and use the tracer methodology as they conduct surveys for the Joint Commission, not all surveyors trace a single patient throughout the process.
-
Cosmetic surgeons need to screen and educate patients carefully due to lifestyle factors that can make cosmetic surgery risky and less effective for some patients, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) in New York City.
