October 2007 Table of Contents 5 Ways to Get More Out of Your Anesthesia Cart Experts offer advice on how to keep your cart's contents accessible and organized. Anesthesia Alert A Better Way to Predict Operative Risk Anesthesia and the New Economics of GI With GI reimbursements taking a hit under the new ASC payment system, how will surgery centers afford anesthesia services for endoscopic procedures? Behind Closed Doors Are You Ready for Some Football? Business Advisor How to Give a Great Talk Can You Pass This Intraoperative Awareness Quiz? Test your awareness of awareness. Coding & Billing Self-Audits Made Easy Editor's Page Manifest Your Destiny How Does Your Cataract Service Compare? Check out these national benchmarks and ways to improve the areas where you're lacking. How to Make Continuous Infusions Work 10 tips from experienced practitioners. Ideas That Work Eco-friendly IV supply transports Infection Prevention Which GI Patients Should Get Antibiotics? Kick Your Pain Services Up a Notch These advanced procedures will take your facility beyond the 15-minute, inspect-and-inject procedures. Legal Update When Hospitals Play Hardball Letters & E-mails Indecent Exposure? Make Your Confrontations Constructive Follow these tips to improve your communication skills when they're needed most. Medical Malpractice 7 Tips to Prevent a Medical Malpractice Suit This Just In Former Sales Rep Busted in Scope Thefts Product News Surgical Support Garments Your Patients Will Love Safety Is Your Wrong-site Surgery Protocol Foolproof? Should You Add Mobile Lithotripsy? Portable technology and Medicare reimbursement make this procedure a lucrative outsourcing opportunity. Staffing So, You Think You're a Good Manager? Thinking of Buying...Anesthesia Workstations From ventilators to vaporizers, separating your wants from your needs. Your Guide to Patient Payment Plans What you need to know before you do cases on credit. DID YOU SEE THIS?