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Previously, some scheduled surgery patients at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI, failed to return phone calls because they had just spoken to someone.
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[Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part series on issues surrounding social media and ambulatory surgery. In this issue, we give you some horror stories and tell you how to avoid them. We tell you how to be proactive about your online presence, as well as how to develop a social media policy. Next month, we discuss legal issues and employee training.]
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While it is difficult to surprise me anymore, I discovered that in 2011 we opened more not-for-profit, freestanding, off-site hospital surgery centers then we did actual for-profit surgery centers. In looking at our current workload and "pipeline" projects, it looks like the trend is going to extend into 2012.
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Finding a new way to educate employees about fall prevention is a big challenge because, though the topic is important, it can be hard to keep people's attention.
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Two recent awards obtained by Siouxland Surgery Center in Dakota Dunes, SD, show this specialty hospital is on the right track with patient satisfaction.
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The authors conclude that after weight loss, a low glycemic index and, to a lesser extent, low-protein diet may reduce inflammation associated with cardiovascular disease in overweight adults.
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I have been a student of atrial fibrillation (AF) for some time, but had never come upon the term "subclinical" AF until this New England Journal of Medicine publication.
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A small percentage of patients taking statins may develop muscle symptoms (pain and weakness) but elevated CK is rare.
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Exposure to specific solvents, and trichloroethylene in particular, is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
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