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Promoting From Within
Keep ambulatory surgery center staff morale high by promoting employees from within.
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Study Shows How ASCs Can Cut Cancellations in Half
Cancellations at a pediatric ASC dropped from a rate of 16.8% to 8.8% three months after the ASC made changes that included educating staff and implementing a call log, call script, and checklist, according to a new study.
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Better Communication Between Staff Can Help Prevent Medical Mistakes
Wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient surgery problems consistently have an underlying factor: poor communication between healthcare professionals, according to the Patient Safety Network of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Data Collection with Benchmarking Provides Great Quality Improvement Opportunity
Quality improvement projects can benefit from data collection and benchmarking. Small surgery centers now can afford the resources necessary to make these happen.
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Recent Hospital Kidnapping by Gunman Highlights Need for Active Shooter Plan
The wrong thing for an ambulatory surgery center team to think after reading about an active shooter incident is “it can’t happen here,” training specialists say.
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Patient Surveys Are About to Get a Lot More Complicated
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require ambulatory surgery centers to conduct patient experience surveys through certified vendors, as of Jan. 1, 2018.
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Evaluation and Management of Seizures in the Emergency Department
Seizures are a common complaint in both children and adults presenting to the emergency department. Seizures may stop prior to physician evaluation, may be ongoing upon presentation, or may occur after the patient is brought to the ED. Patients may be experiencing a seizure for the first time in their lives or may be suffering from chronic epilepsy.
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Study: Reverse Triage Can Make a Meaningful Contribution to Capacity Creation
What happens when the demand for care primarily comes from pediatric patients?
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Health Promotion Advocate Extends Benefits Offered to Adolescents, Young Adults
These advocates identify risky behaviors and needs, link patients with care and resources, and use motivational interviewing techniques to nudge patients toward positive behavioral changes.
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Alarming Rates of Mortality in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Should Spur Action
Experts note only a small percentage of patients with this disorder are treated by addiction specialists or specialty clinics, and that other medical settings must develop innovative solutions.