Same-Day Surgery – November 1, 2009
November 1, 2009
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Are you Twittering, getting friends on Facebook, and YouTube?
How would you like to get more than 9,000 people to view a procedure at your facility? Methodist University Hospital in Memphis recently accomplished this feat during the live webcast of a surgical procedure. -
Same-Day Surgery Manager: At the end of the day . . .what really matters
Everything seems to be about health care these days. Everyone has an agenda on what is best, for whom, and how much it will cost whom. -
Should you let surgeons use devices off label?
Your surgeon says she wants to use a medical device in a different manner than it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She says he has the data to ensure it will be used safely, and the patient already has given informed consent. -
Guest Column: Unnecessary mastectomy: $6.5 million verdict in NY
After a 31-year-old student and part-time clerk underwent an excisional biopsy on her left breast, the physician diagnosed the woman with cancer and recommended commencement of chemotherapy. About six months later, the woman came under the care of a hospital breast clinic and was evaluated by a general surgeon employed by the hospital who recommended a mastectomy. -
Is patient angry? Take these steps
Patients may arrive for outpatient surgery, only to find out the bill is estimated to be more than $10,000.