Same-Day Surgery
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Your facility does what procedures? Surgical hospitals expand limits
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Be aware of challenges with surgical hospitals
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Same-Day Surgery Manager: How to select the right staff for your program
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Why would a hospital offer all outpatient care?
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OPPS changes simpler with one coordinator
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Programs offer free eye surgery for needy
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Fancy charts not needed to ensure positive survey
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Legislation delays HIPAA for one year
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When a serious adverse outcome occurs, expect scrutiny for what you say and do
When a crisis occurs, such as the recent case of a 13-year-old being declared brain dead after an adenotonsillectomy, a medical facility must be careful in how it responds to avoid a negative public response as well as liability. -
SSI rates low, but call for safer surgery remains
Although the rates of serious surgical site infections (SSIs) following outpatient surgery are low, the number of patients who develop these serious infections is substantial and warrants continued quality improvement efforts because outpatient surgery is so common, according to a new study.