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ED managers may find themselves in the spotlight as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has renewed its commitment to scrutinize not-for-profit organizations, which include a large number of hospitals.
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When the H1N1 virus hit the United States this spring, some EDs were "caught unprepared," according to one emergency medicine expert, and many agree that changes must be made before the virus gains strength this fall, as predicted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Less than two weeks after instituting a Post-Arrest Hypothermia program for heart attack patients, Providence (CA) Tarzana Medical Center has applied the body-cooling treatment in three cases, and each patient showed remarkable neurologic recovery.
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Most women surgeons would choose their careers again, although many would favor more options for part-time or other alternative work schedules, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery.
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What do the following famous people have in common? Jill Biden, Pope Benedict XVI, Ozzy Osbourne, and The Dixie Chicks.
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Looks like I struck a nerve with the column on physicians as employees ("Meet your new employee: Dr. Smith, surgeon," Same-Day Surgery, July 2009).
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The administrative manager of a surgery center had been asking to have access to the banking account, but the business manager said that the center was "maxed out on users" and he couldn't give her access.
