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Updated guidelines for all medical and dental practitioners regarding the monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation have been developed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
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The biggest challenge for outpatient centers is having the anesthesiologists, anesthetists, sedation nurses, circulating nurses, and post-anesthesia care nurses who have the knowledge and experience to care for sedated pediatric patients, says Randall M. Clark, MD, chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA's) Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia.
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A good competency assessment program for an outpatient surgery program should encompass skills that relate to each employee's job and specific patient populations served and should apply to all employees, according to experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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A total of 113 cases of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) were evaluated by the TASS task force set up by the Fairfax, VA-based American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) since the increased incidence of TASS that began in early 2006.
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One way to make sure your outpatient surgery program is covering all of its bases to prevent patient falls is to carefully review accreditation standards and National Safety Patient Goals, says Jeanne Linda, RHIT, CPMSM, CPHQ, director of medical staff services and quality review at San Leandro (CA) Surgery Center.
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The board of directors of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) recently adopted revisions to its standards. Changes include:
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With an average of 300 new codes and the development of guidelines that change the way old codes are applied each year, it is critical that your agency keep staff members up to date on coding requirements to ensure that you receive the highest appropriate reimbursement, say experts interviewed by Hospital Home Health.
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This is the first of a two-part series that looks at marketing in home health. This month we look at the importance of marketing to hospitalists.
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Patients' right to freedom of choice of providers has been a source of continuing conflict, especially between hospitals and post-acute providers not owned by or affiliated with hospitals ...
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The prevention of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) is a "national priority ... that requires all health care facilities and agencies assume responsibility," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes in long-awaited new guidelines on the issue.
