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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 > May, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 5
FEATURES
Safety
Mini MBA for the OR Manager
The 6 secret benchmarks of financially successful surgery centers.
Successfully Negotiating Managed Care Contracts
We asked the experts to reveal their top bargaining strategies.
5 Ways to Maximize Your Reimbursement
How to make sure you profit from your procedures.
Safer, Simpler Hysterectomy
Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy is less invasive and removes less tissue than procedures that remove the entire uterus.
Smart Shopper's Guide to Surgical Tables
Before you buy your next table, check out these six tips from our readers.
What I Saw at AAOS
A look at the newest products for orthopedic surgery.
Breathe In, Breeze Out
Find out how to improve inhalational anesthesia efficiency to reduce recovery times and send patients home sooner.
Crash Course on Surgical Glues
Find out how today's tissue adhesives can improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of surgical care.
Thinking of Buying...Anesthesia Machines
Consider consensus, cost benefits if you're in the market.
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Page
Things That Work, Things That Need Work
This Just In
Headlines on Deadline
Letters & Emails
Patient Outcomes and Anesthesia Providers: Defending the safety record of nurse anesthetists as sole providers.
Ideas That Work
Narrated Videotapes of Cataract Surgery
Hospital Insider
Make Your Hospital More Hospitable
Legal Update
Pushing the Envelope at an ASC
Coding & Billing
Six Common Modifier Errors
Staffing
If They Only Knew What Supplies Cost
Infection Prevention
Getting Along with Central Sterile Processing
Product News
How to Handle Pediatric Patients Like a Pro
Medical Malpractice Quiz
Hepatitis C Outbreak at GI Endoscopy Center
May 2005
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