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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?

It's a rare and challenging pain management paradox: opioid drugs, designed to relieve acute and chronic pain, can have the reverse effect in some p...

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 > April 2004	Vol. V, No. 4

FEATURES

Is the Sky Falling on Physician-Owners?

Emboldened by their success in harassing physician-owned surgical hospitals, hospital lobbyists are now lining up physician-owned ASCs in their crosshairs.

Is It Time to Cash Out?

Key questions to answer before deciding to sell equity to a corporate partner.

6 Ways That Hospitals Can Recapture Cataracts

Advice on how to compete with alternative-site surgery centers.

What's New in Sutures

New materials and needle designs may make wound closure faster, safer and stronger.

Can Surgery Centers Profit from Anesthesia?

The short answer to this question is yes, but participating in anesthesia profits is fraught with regulatory peril.

5 Fast Fixes for Your Anesthesia Budget

You can ease the pain of anesthesia costs at your facility with some simple, often overlooked curbs.

Arthroscopy Equipment Update

Sharper scope and camera systems provide better visualization.

5 Tips for Buying Surgical Lights

You can't afford to make a poor decision when it comes to this key element of outfitting your OR.

5 Ways to Crack Down on Supply Loss

Simple steps you can take to prevent surgical supplies from jumping off your shelves.

Endoscope Disinfection Product Update

These four products may help do the job faster and more safely.

If You're Thinking of Buying...

Automated External Defibrillators

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

A Fresh Look; A Fierce Battle

This Just In

Highlights of MGMA's Ambulatory Surgery Performance Survey

Letters & Email

Office Surgery Deaths Blown Out of Proportion

Ideas That Work

Paying Staff Not to Work

Staffing

Learning to Love Employee Evaluations

Legal Update

Do You Have a No-Drive Policy?

Coding & Billing

Anatomy of a GI Operative Report

Safety

Help Your Surgeons Adapt to Safety Devices

Infection Prevention

Reducing the Risk Of Patient Infection

Product News

Better Endoscopy Imaging?

Site Visit

Surviving On Surgery One Day A Week

My Turn

The Problem I Have with Specialty Hospitals

April 2004