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What do a stream of water, a balloon, and a titanium implant have in common? They are all components of new techniques to treat different conditions that cause back pain, and they all can be performed in an outpatient surgery setting.
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Ensuring good outcomes for any procedure means making sure that the procedure is the right treatment for the patient's condition, and patient screening for back pain treatments is essential for success, says Didier Demesmin, MD, a pain management specialist in Milltown, NJ.
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With more than 450,000 procedures performed in 2005, liposuction remains the most frequently chosen cosmetic procedure in the United States. With this many patients looking for a surgeon and with the number of surgeons from whom they can choose, it is important to find a way to differentiate your liposuction services from others.
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The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses has produced an evidence-based, multidisciplinary, multimodal approach to preventing and treating postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
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Want to boost staff morale and your community image with one effort? Consider this inspired idea from the staff at AtlantiCare Surgery Center in Egg Harbor Township, NJ.
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The ability to go home within 23 hours, the reduced need for anesthesia, and fewer potential complications all add up to less expensive procedures for treatment back pain when you evaluate hydrodiscectomy, X Stop, and balloon kyphoplasty.
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It could happen anywhere. After three days of torrential rains in Atlanta, Mary Jo finally was able to drop off her car at the car wash. As she walked into the office of the car wash, a woman was opening her briefcase and pulling out a recent copy of Same-Day Surgery.
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"The best offense is a good defense" is often said by athletic coaches, but the same concept applies to recruitment and retention of employees. While many managers look carefully at how their outpatient surgery programs recruit new employees, it is just as important to look carefully at what you are doing to retain the good employees you have now, say experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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What staff position can be described as beneficial to your outpatient surgery program by 82% of your surgeons, 93% of your RN circulators, and 99% of your PACU staff, and 100% of your preop staff? And by the way, this same staff person also is described as very beneficial by 88% of your patients.
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The staff in the pre-op area see the nurse liaisons interaction with patients and families as having a calming effect on the patient and family members, especially when there are delays, and [post-anesthesia care unit] nurses are relieved that the family is being taken care of so they can concentrate solely on the patients needs, explains Maureen Spangler, RN, CNOR, director of perioperative services at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC.
