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Some "noxious" general anesthetics excite sensory neurons that cause peripheral pain in patients once they wake from surgery, researchers say. I...

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The World Health Organization and the Harvard University School of Public Health have created a new perioperative checklist for surgical team member...

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Paving the Way for Your Paperless System
Four simple steps to determining your true needs.
Melody Mena, RN, RNFA, CNOR

It seems everyone in healthcare is talking about electronic medical records, and with good reason: The federal government has called for all facilities to adopt electronic health records by 2014. But with about 500 systems on the market, the daunting prospect of going paper-free and tales of facilities that tried and failed to make the switch, you might feel overwhelmed. Here's how to avoid the fretting and the costly pitfalls.

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