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Perioperative Antibiotics in Gynecologic Surgery: The Case for Myomectomy
The authors of a retrospective cohort study suggest that perioperative antibiotics reduce the risk of surgical site infection in women undergoing myomectomy.
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Does Hormone Therapy Increase the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease?
A large Finnish case-control study suggests that postmenopausal hormone therapy results in a 9-17% increase in the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. However, the small effect size, and likely confounding of use effect, does not provide strong evidence for a causal relationship.
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Multimodal Stepwise Post-Cesarean Pain Control Reduces Opioid Use
These investigators found that the routine use of acetaminophen alone rather than a combination acetaminophen-opioid significantly reduced overall and daily opioid use. In addition, there was no worse effect on overall pain score or length of stay.
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Microsoft Breach Reveals Risk From Cloud-Based Data Storage
A recent attack on email servers at Microsoft raises questions about the security of protected health information on servers that healthcare organizations use.
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Jussie Smollett Incident Shows Need for HIPAA Training, Audits
There are different steps that hospitals can take to prevent unwanted snooping by employees into sensitive patient files.
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Avoid Over-Collecting From Patients: Refunds Mean Costs and Rework
Learn some tips about how to avoid collecting too much money from patients.
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Do Not Leave Night Shift Registrars Leftover Pizza to Clean Up
Treating those who work nights the same as those who work during the day is important for morale.
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Millions More Are Insured, But Barriers to Care Persist
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, millions more Americans are insured. However, that does not mean all these new customers can access healthcare without any trouble. If someone bought an individual plan or if someone is on Medicaid, they encounter more barriers to care than those who are on employer-sponsored health insurance plans, according to the authors of a recent study.
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New Possibilities With Preregistration If It Happens Earlier
An Alabama-based health system reports the successes (and challenges) of an ongoing preregistration project.
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Must-Have Metrics to Track Productivity of Centralized Schedulers
Some patient access departments are moving toward centralized scheduling, where appointments are booked all in one place. There are many advantages to this; still, tracking productivity is a challenge.