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Accreditation for Medical Bill Collectors

Healthcare collection professionals and medical organizations have joined forces to create the Accredited Healthcare Business Association, an accred...

The Cost of Avoidable Surgical Errors

The negative impact of preventable medical errors goes well beyond patient harm and ruined reputations in the OR. According to data released by the ...

Groundbreaking Incision-free Surgeries

In the future, physicians may be able to treat patients' obesity and remove their gallbladders without taking a single scalpel to their skin, if two...


	Archive > October 2003	Vol. IV, No. 10

FEATURES

Is Your Coding in Sync with Your Surgeons?

Here are 10 strategies for getting and keeping your docs and coders on the same page.

RN Oversight of Moderate Sedation: Seven Tips for Playing it Safe

When RNs administer and monitor anesthesia care, err on the side of safety.

6 Ways to Extend the Life of Your Diamond Knife

Handled properly, you can begin to see a return on your investment in as little as six months and save tens of thousands of dollars in just a few years.

Improving Your Electrosurgery Safety

Here's how to develop effective policies and procedures for these high-use and high-risk devices.

Taking Total Hip Replacements Outpatient

The open-exposure characteristic of total hip arthroplasty is a luxury surgeons can no longer afford.

Surgical Hospitals Face a Grim Future

Sixty are in operation, 50 more in development. The future of these physician-owned, for-profit centers hangs in the balance.

How We Mix Our Own Dilating 'Cocktail'

By streamlining our eye-dilating process, we save time and money on every cataract case.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Man Enough or Smart Enough?

This Just In

Letters & Email

Jet Injectors: A Great Idea, But Too Invasive

Ideas That Work

Post Important Information at the Scrub Sink

Staffing

Why Nurses Leave Hospitals - And Why They Stay

Legal Update

Steps for the Smooth Sale of Securities

Coding & Billing

Getting Reimbursed for Orthopedic Implants

Ask Caryl

Five Ways to Verify Your Financial Statement

Thinking of Buying

Video Equipment

Safety

Lessons Learned in Safety-Device Implementation

Infection Prevention

How Should We Reprocess Our Endoscopes?

Site Visit

Do-It-Yourself ASC Improvement

My Turn

Treat Your Body More Like Your OR

October 2003

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