Same-Day Surgery – January 1, 2013
January 1, 2013
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Could you face a disease outbreak? Fatal meningitis cases raise question
Like many outpatient surgery facilities, you face drug shortages. You might have felt relief that youve been able to rely on compounding pharmacies to obtain the drugs you need in the single-use dosage you need until you learned about a nationwide meningitis outbreak from contaminated steroid medications originating at a Massachusetts compounding facility. -
CMS final rule lists pay rate increases
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the final rule for ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payments in 2013. -
Don’t risk suit for failing to disclose surgery risks
Ninety percent of informed consent disputes involve disagreements about who said what and when, according to an analysis of 481 malpractice claims and patient complaints from Australia involving allegations of deficiencies in the process of obtaining informed consent. -
SAme-Day Surgery Manager: With healthcare reform moving on, now what?
With the elections over, the majority of the country has spoken. Like it or not, healthcare is going to irrevocably change in the United States. There are challenges to say the least, but there are also lots of opportunities for the U.S. healthcare industry as we start down this path. -
Top 10 medical innovations listed for the year 2013
CLEVELAND Every year the Cleveland (OH) Clinic releases the Top 10 list of medical innovations for the coming year. -
2012 Salary Survey Results: Growing trend in outpatient surgery: Requirement for nurses to have their BSN
With outpatient surgery becoming increasingly complex, in terms of technology and patients, there is a growing trend toward requiring nurses to have their bachelor's of science in nursing (BSN) degree.