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Warning: Consumer Reports is telling your patients that they may not need surgery. The popular magazine recently posted an article that says there are 12 procedures that may be overperformed, and it goes as far as referring to bloodletting and lobotomy as examples of popular procedures that later proved ineffective or dangerous.
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Good communications with family members on the day of surgery is essential for reduction of anxiety in the waiting room, say experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery. Some facilities are using technology to keep family members updated on the progress of their loved one.
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In this months issue, I address some of your most pressing questions, including whether to replace a retiring nurse manager, motivation of long-time staff, use of a urology table for other procedures, whether to have separate staff and physician lounges, use of cell phones, and the most profitable specialty.
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Surgeons may be the investing partners in your surgery center, but in many cases, it may be office staff who determine at which facility a procedure is scheduled. If you notice that a surgeons utilization of your center is dropping, consider education for office staff to address the downturn, says Michael Sawyer, administrator of Santa Barbara (CA) Surgery Center.
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There is no shortage of ideas when members of the Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center's Toccare Lo Spirito committee start brainstorming, ...
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Hospitals and other health care providers could benefit greatly from incorporating the concepts and strategies prevalent in other industries, ...
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Use of an automated point-of-care wristband bar code system for patient identification at Houston Healthcare in Warner Robins, GA, has reduced information systems errors ...
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The nation got an overall grade of C minus in a recent report by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) assessing support for emergency care and prevention in each state.
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When some of the leaders at Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center in Safford, AZ, got together in 2001 to talk about fostering a more caring, holistic environment for patients, visitors, and employees, it took a while to get a firm grasp ...
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every meeting of the Toccare Lo Spirito ("To Touch the Spirit") committee ... time is set aside for a "Toccare moment" - or two ...
