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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, 2004 Vol. V, No. 9

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Why Do We Need a Ventilator?

Q When we finished our JCAHO reaccreditation review, we were told that we had to purchase a ventilator - even though we don't do general anesthesia at our podiatry center. We don't have the resources to spend on an expensive machine that will gather dust in our OR and I don't understand the reasoning behind it.

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