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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > November, 2001 Vol. II, No. 11
FEATURES
Tips to Make Regional Anesthesia Work for You
How and why to incorporate this technique
This Just In...
Groups Seek to Change HIPAA Privacy Standard
My Turn
A Question of Power, Money and Control?
Insurance Q & A
Medicare Approves New Procedures for Freestanding ASCs
Infection Prevention
The Nuts and Bolts of Continuous Quality Improvement
How to Equip Your Substerile Room
Washers, sterilizers, and containers designed for quick turnaround.
Whatever Happened to LASIK?
An investigation of the past, present, and tenuous future of this procedure
How to Evaluate an Equipment Service Contract
Advice for getting the right plan for your facility.
How We Do Outpatient Abdominoplasty
Bill Meltzer, Associate Editor
Unicondular Knee Arthroplasty: An Outpatient Alternative to Total Knees?
For younger patients with unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis, this controversial procedure may offer less morbidity and a four- to six-hour stay.
Why ASCs Fail
5 factors that can lead to the demise of even the most promising facilities.
Product News
November 2001
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