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Cutting Remarks: The joys of ICD-10 documentation. The new coding system requires equal parts precision and patience.
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4 burning questions about patient warming. A skirmish over the science of warming is heating up.
Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas. Cleaning up the mess
Nationwide outpatient satisfaction survey to begin next month. It's voluntary now, but may be mandatory later.
Courts: Dental practice's negligence resulted in patient's sexual assault. CRNA gets life in prison, but dental practice is responsible for 100% of $3.7 million verdict.
Surgeon operated on wrong part of brain. Officials: Surgeon and his team skipped the time out and hid the error afterwards.
Widow sues Olympus and custom Ultrasonics over husband's Superbug death. Suit: Defectively designed duodenoscope made parts of the instrument difficult to access for cleaning and sterilization.
Surgeons reach peak performance between 35 and 50 years old. Evidence suggests that post-op complication rate higher in surgeons with 20+ years of experience.
Results from first head-to-head comparison of Exparel and conventional Bupivacaine. New study shows not much separates standard bupivacaine from pricey Exparel.
Forbes: Punitive ban on physician-owned hospitals imposed by the Affordable Care Act Has to go. Hospitals owned by physicians are often the most efficient, state-of-the-art facilities in the country.
'Post-Hospital Syndrome' is a risk factor in elective surgery. Patients who've been hospitalized within 90 days of surgery have higher post-op readmissions, study finds.
FDA approval of Sugammadex appears imminent. Independent panel gives unanimous nod to anesthesia-reversal drug.
Infections from Flexible Endoscopes cited as No. 1 health tech hazard. Missed alarms and opioid-related deaths also on the Top 10 Health Technology Hazards List for 2016.
Certification should be required, say sterile processing pros. Survey also finds a strongly perceived lack of respect.
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Are you making these surface-cleaning mistakes? Here are 13 areas your turnover team may be glossing over
Shopping for supraglottic airway devices. When a difficult airway strikes, you want the right tool instantly available. Here's help in deciding.
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