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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 > July, 2003	Vol. IV, No. 7

FEATURES

RNs Pushing Propofol

This highly controversial practice is finding a home at an increasing number of facilities. Is this good medicine or risky business?

Medicine & Religion: A Contentious Mix

A Catholic health system's decision to ban surgical sterilizations has riled a group of surgeons.

How to Evaluate Orthopedic C-Arms

5 simple steps to selecting the best unit to meet the fluoroscopy needs of your ORs.

Hello Electronic Medical Records, Farewell Paper Charts

A look inside a high-tech surgery center, where tracking systems follow patients and meds from start to finish.

From The Show Floor: What I Saw at AORN

A report on the latest in capital equipment on display at the AORN's 50th Congress in Chicago

Is Image-Guided Surgery Right for Your Facility?

Find out how 3D visualization and guidance of implants and instruments let your surgeons perform more accurate, less invasive surgery.

7 Factors to Consider Before Buying a Phaco Machine

Through demos, research and talking to your surgeons, you can make the right decision.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

RNs Should Not Push Propofol

This Just In

Ideas That Work

Real-Time OR Stats Motivate Staff to Be on Time

Staffing

Four Ways to Cover Staff Vacations

Legal Update

6 Steps to Negotiating Safer Corporate Partnerships

Thinking of Buying

Centralized OR Controls

Infection Prevention

Is Anything That Goes Below the Waist Non-Sterile?

Site Visit

The Advanced Plastic Surgery Center, Yonkers, N.Y. Tackling AAAASF, JCAHO — and Yonkers

My Turn

Best When Anesthesiologist Directs or Provides Care

July 2003

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