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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 > April, 2006	Vol. VII, No. 4

FEATURES

Preventable Errors

How four wrong-site surgeries could have been avoided.

Take Our Patient Warming Quiz

Answers to burning questions about unplanned hypothermia.

Outpatient ACL Surgery: Strategies for Success

Secrets of one team that consistently achieves excellent outcomes.

What to Look for in a Pathologist

Tips for negotiating a winning service agreement.

Image-guided Sinus Surgery Systems: Should You Invest?

In a skilled surgeon's hands, they provide an extra margin of safety.

How's Your Digital Revolution Going?

Our reader survey uncovers five ways to make the trip smoother.

9 Essential Elements of a Partnership Agreement

Don't take any chances with these key provisions.

4 Steps You Can Take Today to Reduce Your SSIs

A review of widely accepted but not widely practiced strategies.

Thinking of Buying...Ambulatory Pain Pumps

Payment and patient accessibility are key concerns.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Fair Advantage or Anti-competitive Behavior?

Letters & E-mails

SGNA clarifies propofol statement

This Just In

Wyoming surgery center overcomes rocky start

Ideas That Work

Assembling turnover packs

Staffing

They Love Their Jobs, But Hate Their Boss

Medical Malpractice Quiz

Timeout Turmoil

Coding & Billing

Some Cases Just Aren't Worth Doing

Business Advisor

Branding Your Surgical Center

Safety

Never Skip a Surgical Timeout Again

Infection Prevention

Should You Use Sterile Surgical Site Markers?

Product News

Tips for Saving on Your Viscoelastic Stock

Behind Closed Doors

Now Playing in OR 1

April 2006

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