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EHR failures can be dangerous without having a contingency plan
Electronic health records (EHRs) can be a boon to clinical care, until the system goes down or the power goes off. Then the clinicians might be flummoxed by how to do things "the old-fashioned way" with paper and pen, or they might not have the resources necessary.
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Answers to some of your most pressing questions
Here are some enlightening questions from readers over the past couple of months...
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Botched cataract surgery yields $1.5M verdict
In this case, the patient was an adult man who suffered from a cataract on his left eye and scheduled surgery to fix the problem in 2008. During the procedure, the ophthalmologist ordered a dye named VisionBlue that is used to stain the cataract in the eye so that it can be more easily visualized and removed during the procedure. The nurse who received the order from the ophthalmologist, however, fulfilled the request as methylene blue rather than VisionBlue.
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Morphine following common surgery may be life-threatening, but ibuprofen is safe alternative
Treating postoperative pain with morphine can cause life-threatening respiratory problems in some children who have had their tonsils and/or adenoids removed, new research has found.
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Outpatient Programs Expand to Provide More than Just Surgery
Decades ago, the idea of having surgery and going home the same day was considered radical. Now, unusual new services can help build revenue.
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No viral load means no HCV restrictions
Everything seemed in order for the certified surgical first assistant to start a new job. He filled out the human resources paperwork and went through the routine screening in employee health. He was healthy and had been working as a contractor at the hospital for 15 years, so he didn’t expect any stumbling blocks.
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Joint Commission revises pain management standard
Revisions to The Joint Commission’s Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services standard PC.01.02.07, which addresses pain management, were effective Jan. 1.
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Guideline developed for prevention and treatment of postoperative delirium in older patients
A new guideline is available to help healthcare providers prevent and treat one of the most common postop complications in older patients: delirium. The Clinical Practice Guideline for Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults was developed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and other participants in the Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative.
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Malpractice caused Joan Rivers’ death, critics say
The clinic and surgeons caring for comedian Joan Rivers at the time of her death made several errors that could have contributed to her death, according to a federal report.
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Savings on infection control and Medicare resources
As part of this issue’s special focus on cost savings, AHC Media, publisher of Same-Day Surgery and dozens of other educational products, is offering the following discounts to SDS readers: