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Caffeine. You know how you feel when you are one cup of coffee over the line? Everything is jumbled and irritating, and you just want to lash out at someone! What an uncomfortable feeling that is, for you and for those around you (as I have been told...). We see it with the surgeons, staff, anesthesia, front desk staff seemingly everyone is wired just a bit too tight.
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More health care workers responded to this season's push for influenza vaccination by rolling up their sleeves and getting the vaccine. By mid-November, 56% reported having gotten the vaccine and 7% said they definitely planned to get the vaccine, according to a web-based survey conducted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 68% of hospital employees had received the vaccine, and another 5% said they definitely intended to be vaccinated, for a total of 73%.
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Many ambulatory surgery programs are accustomed to using a specific size of vials for hydromorphone, but they have been forced by what is being described as the worst drug shortage ever to convert to vials twice the normal size due to a shortage of their customary vials.
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Some health care facilities are finding that video cameras inside and outside the facility are allowing them to reduce crime and maintain security staffing even as the facility grows.
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Six new reports issued by the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement (AAAHC Institute), a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), offer insights to enhance the quality and efficiency of some of the most common outpatient procedures.
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Researchers report that, compared with conventional sedation, balanced propofol sedation (BPS) using propofol with midazolam and meperidine provided higher provider satisfaction, better patient cooperation, and similar adverse event profiles in patients undergoing therapeutic endoscopic procedures.
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Outpatient surgery managers going through accreditation by The Joint Commission and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) say the surveyors are targeting two primary areas.
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John H. Eichhorn, MD, anesthesiologist at UK Chandler Medical Center and professor at the University of Kentucky, both in Lexington, has been named a recipient in the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards from the National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission.
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A medical student is participating in a complicated abdominal surgery by holding a retractor. He was up all night the previous night. He falls asleep and slides down to the floor. A nurse drags the student out of the way, and a resident takes over the retractor.
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By taking a proactive approach to patient status and instituting a series of checks and balances, Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, OH, keeps denials at a minimum.
