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Lumpectomy has long been recognized as an effective alternative to mastectomy for many types of malignant tumors, but the use of a cryo-probe to locate and isolate small tumors promises even more benefits to surgeons and patients.
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Hospitals would receive a 6.6% total increase in payments for outpatient services under a proposed outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) rule issued for calendar year 2005. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes a 3.3% payment rate increase for OPPS services.
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The following new goals and/or requirements apply to hospital-based, freestanding, and office-based same-day surgery programs. The new goals or requirements are indicated in bold.
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Although the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has provided a standardized, national road map to improvement of patient safety with its national patient safety goals, two states have approached patient safety as a statewide initiative that requires collaboration and communication.
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Dexter F, Macario A. When to release allocated operating room time to increase operating room efficiency. Anesth Analg 2004; 98:758-762.
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In the past, a dont ask, dont tell mentality permeated the issue of surgeons and their possible infection with bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis B.
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Medication errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps most often are caused by inadequate patient and staff education, misuse by well-intentioned family members, and improper patient selection, according to results of a recent survey by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in Hunting-don Valley, PA.
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Most of the 62 same-day surgery programs that participated in the 2002 and 2003 Cataract Extraction with Lens Implantation Study experienced a decrease of five minutes or more in at least one aspect of procedure time.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has released a list of the most common sentinel events since 1995 in ambulatory centers and hospitals.