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California Hospitals Fined for Safety Violations

California's Department of Public Health has fined 18 hospitals $25,000 per incident for failing to comply with state laws overseeing patient safety...

What Happens When Opioids Backfire?

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Safer, Synthetic Heparin Developed

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., have built the largest dose of synthetic heparin ever created in a lab. The developme...
Archive > November 2003 Vol. IV, No. 11
FEATURES
How We Added Lap-Band Surgery
Find out if this cutting-edge weight-loss surgery is right for your facility.
4 Reimbursement Strategies for Complex Cataracts
Getting paid in full for these cases is easy if you follow the right steps.
5 Steps for Finding the Right OR Microscope
How to purchase a surgical scope that pleases your sugeons and preserves your budget.
Battling Back from an Accreditation Denial
How one hospital lost its JCAHO accreditation - and plans to regain it.
No Smoking in the OR
Here's advice on finding the best system to suction the smoke away and keep your ORs free of this occupational health hazard.
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This Just In
Letters & Email
Getting Reimbursed for Cholecystectomies in ASCs
Ideas That Work
Create a Newsletter for Your Surgeons
Staffing
How to Educate Your Staff on a Limited Budget
Legal Update
California's Workers' Comp Law Sets Bad Precedent
Coding & Billing
The Dangers of Coding Without the Final Op Report
Ask Caryl
Preparing for a Natural Disaster
Safety
A Hepatitis-Infected Surgeon Speaks Out on OR Safety
Infection Prevention
Clarifying the Expiration-Date Debate
Product News
A Better Consciousness Monitor?
Site Visit
Decoding Life and Fire Safety on Your Own
My Turn
Why Office Surgery Needs an Elite Credential
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