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Although technological advances are responsible for the movement of many surgical procedures from the inpatient to the outpatient setting, sometimes the switch relies more upon the surgeons technique rather than the actual equipment.
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Florida surgeons cannot perform liposuction and abdominoplasty procedures on the same patient within 14 days of each other as a result of a 90-day moratorium imposed by the Florida Board of Medicine on Feb. 11, 2004.
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Major advances in reducing sharps injuries have not yet pervaded the OR, where one out of four sharps injuries takes place, but there are some simple steps that same-day surgery managers can take to promote safety, sharps safety experts say.
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I have had several individuals contact me regarding a past article in which I mentioned that the service that administrators find the most difficult to work with is anesthesia. Since I wrote that article, I have tried to understand from where the problems arise. After further conversations with the original group and others, especially anesthesia personnel, it appears that many of the problems same-day surgery programs are having result from poor communication.
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In this second part of a two-part series on new technology, we discuss how to handle credentialing in this story and how to respond to errors.
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In light of so many providers having difficulty meeting the standard of care for medication administration, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is taking action.
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At an Oklahoma hospital, two children died within a few days of each other after having routine outpatient surgical procedures. One child died from toxic effects of morphine with a probable primary myopathy as a contributing cause, and the other child died from probable codeine and morphine toxicity, along with acute and chronic bronchitis with evolving pneumonia, according to the autopsy reports.
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The 2004 fixed performance areas that will be addressed in random unannounced surveys conducted by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organizations will be organized by critical focus areas instead of performance categories as in the past.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced these rates for ambulatory surgery center groups, effective April 1, 2004.
