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Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have shown that hypnosis can reduce preoperative anxiety for adults undergoing ambulatory surgery.
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Our facility is managed by an outside management company. We pay them 9% of net collected revenue, plus they have 15% of the equity in the center. This seems high. Is it?
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A patient goes in to a hospital for preoperative testing and ends up with more than $8,000 charged to fake accounts in his name at stores across his state.
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Between 50% and 80% of the 609 patients in a pain study conducted by the e-Pain Research Group in Montreal, had misconceptions about the pain they could expect after surgery and about the proper way to use medications to control pain.
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In ambulatory surgery survey results recently released by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) with the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC), total operating cost per case varied from $343.49 for single specialty gastroenterology centers to $1,430.88 for orthopedic surgery centers.
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Reuse of single-use devices, environmental responsibility, and development of a patient safety culture are three of the new or significantly revised guidance statements to be included in the 2006 Standards, Recommended Practices and Guidelines published by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).
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Soaring health care costs and an increase in the number of patients with multiple comorbidities or other barriers to compliance represent an opportunity for case managers who have the skills to work one-on-one with individuals to empower them to take charge of their own health care, says Connie Commander, RN, BS, CCM, ABDA, CPUR, national president-elect of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) and owner and president of Commander's Premier Consulting Corp.
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Tarrytown, NY-based Hudson Health Plan's case management program, aimed at members with chronic diseases or disabilities, has increased the number of members in the program who see a primary care physician or a dentist.
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Fallon Community Health Plan is moving toward a comprehensive case management model in which all its nurse case managers in the outpatient care services department are trained in motivational interviewing and how to determine a member's readiness to change.
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Washington state's new law mandating hospitals provide mechanical lift equipment to safely move and position patients is just the latest sign that nurses are taking charge of their ergonomic health.
