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Multidisciplinary Approach Helps With Hand-Off Communication Improvement
It is less stressful for staff to make system and process changes if they are part of the solution and are not feeling as though changes are dictated from management without their input.
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Anesthesia Input Crucial to Quality Improvement
Anesthesiologists significantly affect several important measurements in a surgery center’s quality improvement program, including dizziness, falls, and burns.
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Proposed OPPS ASC Rule Could Mean New Procedures for Surgery Centers
Professional organizations express mixture of opinions on upcoming changes.
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Nurses Play Vital Role in Evolving Surgery Center Culture
A few examples of how nurses and their organizations can shift to patient-centered operations.
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Malignant Hyperthermia: Causes, Alternative Diagnoses, and Treatment Techniques
A closer examination of what happens during malignant hyperthermia.
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Precautions in Surgery Centers Can Save Patients With Malignant Hyperthermia
Malignant hyperthermia is a rare and sometimes deadly disease that is difficult to diagnose and treat unless surgery centers have undergone proper training and prepared the right way.
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CDC: Naloxone Prescribing Has Increased, Still Room for Improvement
While prescriptions for naloxone have increased markedly in recent years, researchers at the CDC report that the overdose reversal drug is not prescribed enough in many areas of the country that need it most. Further, the agency reports that too few physicians are prescribing naloxone in accordance with the CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
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Study: Nurses at Higher Risk of Suicide Than General Population
Investigators reported that nurses are at significantly higher risk of suicide than the general population. Many issues common to nursing contribute to symptomatic stress, including conflict in the workplace, lateral violence, a hefty workload, blame for a negative outcome, and witnessing death repeatedly.
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CMS Aims to Slash Inappropriate Use of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging
Beginning in January 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require healthcare providers to consult appropriate use criteria through a qualified decision support mechanism before ordering advanced diagnostic imaging tests for Medicare patients.
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Michigan EDs Collaborate to Reduce Excess Use of Certain Imaging Tests
The Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative has identified low-value imaging as one area that is ripe for improvement across many of its sites. The group is developing and implementing interventions that will improve practice in this area.