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Many outpatient surgery providers throw away their markers after designating the surgical site. But could you save money and help the environment by reusing them? One recent study points to that possibility, at least for one brand of markers.
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The final Medicare outpatient payment rule includes a 3.6% annual inflation update for hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs).
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Question: Please explain the difference between pushing patients out the door versus letting them become lounge lizards that seemingly have no place to go after their surgery.
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In recent years, large outbreaks of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections have occurred among patients in private medical practices, pain clinics, endoscopy clinics, and a hematology/oncology practice.
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Six years ago, The New England Journal of Medicine reported1,2 Moseley's study of the use of arthroscopy to treat knee osteoarthritis (OA).
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Everyone agrees that these are difficult times for physicians who wish to start working in clinical trials. They often have trouble enrolling in new trials, and the budgeting and documentation realities may lead to disillusionment before their first studies are completed.
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When the founders of HOPE Research Institute of Phoenix, AZ, began to envision their new clinical research (CR) organization, they relied upon both their past successes and challenges in drawing plans.
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The clinical research industry is bracing itself for the next phase of the federal government's ClinicalTrials.gov research database and the addition of CT results.
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There are a number of ways clinical trial (CT) sites and investigators could improve the informed consent process, and CT experts offer a variety of suggestions for how to make this happen.
