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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 > September, 2002	Vol. III, No. 9

FEATURES

Who Has the Purchasing Power at Your Facility?

Our survey finds that surgeons and managers both wield considerable influence, in the end joining forces to get the best buy.

This Just In...

FASA Hoping ASC Rates Will Be Linked to Hospital Rates

My Turn

Anesthesiologist Shortage: Major Strain or Minor Pain?

Insurance

Sharpening Your Coders Saw

Infection Prevention

How to Give Surgical Instruments A Good Cleaning

Ideas That Work

Money-Saving Tips From Our Readers

7 Tips for More Effective Inventory Management

Readers share their best ideas on ordering, tracking, organizing and secureing supplies.

How to Guard Against Allograft Infections

Heres how to minimize your risk of infection in your donor recipients.

Point-Counterpoint: Should You Reuse Phaco Tubing?

Is this a valid way to cut cataract case costs or are you putting your patients at risk for cross contamination? Two experts square off.

Meet the Challenge of Pediatric Anesthesia

These developments are improving the practice of pediatric anesthesia.

Which Consciousness Monitor is Right For You?

Our panel of anesthesia experts takes you inside the BIS, the PSA and the AEP

Are You Prepared for the Anesthesiologist Shortage?

If predictions of an impending provider shortage prove true, these five tips will ensure that your facility will always be covered.

Product News

September 2002

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