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Organizations accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations can see detailed implementation expectations for the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals on its web site.
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Hospital-based outpatient surgery departments will receive a 3.2% inflation update in Medicare payment rates in 2006 under a proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Can you imagine spending almost three years renegotiating a payer contract? Thats exactly what the administrator did at Amherst-based Ambulatory Surgery Center of Western New York, with the help of a consultant.
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When adding new procedures at your facility, performing a financial analysis is a critical step.
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What is a good policy on cell phones in the operating room environment? We have phones going off all over the place in here. I find it very distracting!
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Baxter Healthcare Corp. in Deerfield, IL, is recalling all models of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps because they can shut down while delivering medication and fluids to patients.
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a term used to designate a level of cognitive change in between normalcy and dementia. Alzheimers disease (ALZ) continues to be an individually and epidemiologically compelling disorder, with only modest therapeutic advances in the previous decade.
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Behavioral surveys of adolescents always are a delicate proposition, requiring consent from parents as well as assent from the child and asking both to consider the possible implications of participation.
