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Joint Commission Issues Sentinel Event Alert About Leadership’s Role and Safety Culture
Healthcare leadership plays a role in driving a safety culture, according to The Joint Commission.
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Some Survey Do’s and Don’ts
Most important: Sign the report.
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ASCs Can Avoid Common Mistakes When Writing Plans of Correction
Ambulatory surgery centers have been subjected to frequent regulatory surveys since a Las Vegas center was linked in 2008 to a cluster of hepatitis C cases.
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Tips to Prevent Cyberattacks
Cybercrime prevention requires a plan for how to back up data, assess a system for vulnerabilities, manage cybersecurity, and handle regulatory and legal repercussions should a breach occur.
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Cyber Criminals Increase Damaging Attacks Against Healthcare Organizations
‘Ransomware’ is latest threat.
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Consumers Can Check Website for Names of Best and Worst Surgeons
A nonprofit consumer group in late February released the names of surgeons who have the nation’s best and worst outcomes in major surgeries.
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ASC Patients Do Well Without IV Acetaminophen, Study Shows
Researchers found that when IV acetaminophen was removed from the ambulatory surgical setting formulary, there was not an increase in post-anesthesia care unit length of stay, although postoperative pain might have been higher.
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Reader Feedback: ‘Here Are the Things I Notice’
Author Stephen Earnhart shares feedback and reader comments from the March article "Here Are the Things I Notice."
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Research Finds All Settings for Accredited Aesthetic Surgery are Safe
Research shows that aesthetic surgery conducted by accredited sites results in very few complications, regardless of whether surgery is performed in an office-based site, an ASC, or a hospital-based surgery site.
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ASCs Craft Strategies to Help Patients Pay Out of Pocket for Surgeries
Two ASC administrators offer case studies in how to reduce bad debt in the era of high insurance deductibles and high patient self-pay.