Same-Day Surgery – March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
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A Guide to Improving Surgery Center Billing Practices
Surgery centers could improve their financial bottom line by focusing on following best practices in revenue cycle management.
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Revising Policies Should Be a Priority, Even as COVID-19 Pandemic Continues
Creating new policies or revising existing procedures should be a priority to meet the challenges of managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and administering the vaccine. Follow these six steps to make the process easier.
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Try Bolstering Patient Care Through Shared Decision-Making
When surgeons begin shared decision-making with patients, it can be an eye-opening experience that improves patient-surgeon trust and communication.
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OR Teams Often Exposed to Toxic Chemicals in Surgical Smoke
Executive nurse leaders can collaborate with states and professional organizations to advocate for smoke evacuation legislation, and they can create policies at their facilities to mitigate surgical smoke.
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A Ground-Level Look at the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
About a month into the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, one surgery center nurse leader still was struggling to secure shots for her staff. The hurdles included multiple phone calls, dead-end leads, and long waits for an unsure outcome.
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From the Public Perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel, and what comes next is slowly coming into focus.
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AAAHC’s Allergy Benchmarking Study Highlights Inconsistencies
In a recent study, investigators found allergies sometimes were not verified or updated at each visit, there was a reliance on using the acronym NKDA (no known drug allergies), without references to other allergies or sensitivities, and overall allergic reaction documentation was inconsistent.
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Best Practices for Documenting Allergies
A good quality improvement project for 2021 would be to focus on bolstering the way the organization handles patients’ allergy histories.
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AAAHC Offers Advice on Administering COVID-19 Vaccine
Surgery centers must interpret existing standards in a way that encompasses what is required for COVID-19 and how to handle the vaccine and its administration. The best course of action is for leaders to refer to accreditation standards on vaccines for general guidance.