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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...


	Archive > January, 2006	Vol. VII, No. 1

FEATURES

Is Your Compensation Fair?

Many managers feel squeezed from above and below. Here's why, and here's how the rest of the staff is doing.

What's New in Surface Disinfection

Manufacturers are developing products to combat problem bacteria with convenience and safety in mind.

Hand Hygiene for the Whole Facility

Protocols and products you need, from the waiting room to the PACU.

Now You See Them: 5 Profitable Procedures

We look at some profit-making procedures that have withstood the scrutiny of Medicare and other payers — at least for the time being.

Laparoscopic GYN: 4 Reasons to Go Gasless

Improved patient safety and surgeon comfort are reasons you should consider doing your GYN endoscopic procedures without CO2.

New Cases, New Faces

Adding a specialty or a surgeon? Here are practical tips to make the process go smoothly.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

It's Not Polite to Ask About Profitability

This Just In

Nation's largest insurer won't pay for anesthesia on routine colonoscopies

Ideas That Work

Beating PPOs at the out-of-network game

Staffing

Learning to Love CQI

Coding & Billing

Give Your Facility the Coding Edge

Legal Update

Can You Mix Meds in Your Facility?

Safety

Anesthesia and the Pregnant Patient

Infection Prevention

Breaking Down Enzymatic Cleaners

Product News

Dry Heat an Alternative to Flashing

Behind Closed Doors

Time's Ticking on These New Year's Resolutions

January 2006