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As administrator of Kissimmee (FL) Surgery Center, Lou Warmijak knows that weather-related disaster plans must be in place and must be comprehensive. But, as he learned during the 2004 hurricane season, there are always situations for which you cannot plan.
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Preoperative and postoperative safety checklists, as well as forms that collect information about the patients medications and dietary or herbal supplements, are important tools for outpatient surgery programs focusing on patient safety.
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A new, for-profit subsidiary created by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities will help office-based surgery programs improve their efficiency and comply with requirements of different regulatory bodies and accreditation organizations.
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Surgery center managers should determine how the new reimbursement system, scheduled to take effect in 2008, will affect their current case mix, suggests Caryl A. Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, president and founder of Surgery Consultants of America and Serbin Surgery Center Billing, both in Fort Myers, FL.
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In the Medicare Payment Advisory Commissions (MedPACs) March 2006 report, the commission recommends a 2007 update for hospitals of market basket minus half of the commissions expectation for production growth for outpatient and inpatient services.
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Question: We need to expand our freestanding center by one more operating room. We have a storage room that is about 300 square feet that we are using for storage. Can we use this?
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Cosmetic surgery patients use herbal and supplemental medicines at a higher rate than the general public, but physicians are not always aware of the use or of the effect of the supplement on perioperative care, according to a recent study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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Health care workers were heroes of Hurricane Katrina as they worked under grueling conditions to keep their patients alive despite lack of electricity, air conditioning and water, and sewer service.
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Editors note: This e-mail was written by Pamela McVey, RN, CIC, chief nursing officer at Biloxi (MS) Regional Medical Center, to a chief nursing officer in Natchez, MS. McVey was formerly director of infection control/employee health at the hospital. She gave Hospital Employee Health permission to reprint this e-mail, and added this postscript: " We all understand that there is no getting back to normal. We are now in the process of redefining what is normal. There is a great spirit here in the coastal counties of Mississippi. Well be OK."
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Even before hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, worried that small communities were not doing enough to prepare for a disaster.
