March 2005 Table of Contents 5 Tips for Selecting Surgical Lights Before you trial and select a new lighting system, find out what these managers learned while buying their OR lights. The Benefits of Bar Coding Find out how the technology increases patient safety, decreases supply costs and improves patient flow. Coding & Billing Coding for Colonoscopy: The Ins and Outs Coming Soon to an OR Near You: Outpatient Hip Replacement Minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty could be an ideal addition to surgery centers with orthopedic specialties. Editor's Page Preventing Surgical Infections a Timing Game Hospital OR Monitor How We Nearly Quadrupled Our Pain Procedures Tips for staffing, streamlining and billing to increase productivity and efficiency. Ideas That Work Use a Date Stamping Gun on Your Packs Legal Update Resist the Temptation to Bill Like a Hospital Letters & Emails Accreditation Photos Miss the Mark Make Your Endoscopy Service Lean and Mean Here are five areas crucial to your success and some simple ways to improve them. Medical Malpractice Quiz Elderly Patient Goes Up in Flames This Just In Calm Before the Storm Overcoming the Roadblocks to Regional Anesthesia If it's as great as everyone says it is, why isn't everyone doing it? For starters, you have to promote the benefits and downplay the barriers. Product News What's Collecting Dust in Your Facility? Safety The Case for Double-gloving Should You Add an MRI? Here's what you need to consider if you're thinking of adding imaging to your facility. Staffing You're Hired! Thinking of Buying...Anesthesia Services Six questions to consider when contracting with an anesthesia provider group. DID YOU SEE THIS?
