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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, 2007	Vol. VIII, No. 7

FEATURES

The Horizons of Intraoperative Imaging

How in-OR fluoroscopy is advancing beyond the C-arm.

Keys to Success With Ultrasound-guided Nerve Blocks

Increase the speed of performance and the quality of peripheral nerve blocks.

Inside the Digital OR

A sampling of the technology that makes real-time visual integration and display come to life.

Should Your ORs Go High-Def?

How to get the best buy on video systems.

5 Reasons to Record Your Surgery

You can use high-quality videos and still images for documenting, e-mailing, presenting, duplicating and archiving patient data.

Is Tracking Technology For You?

How we made patient and instrument tracking work for us.

Busting 10 IT Myths

A pro separates hard-wired fact from computing fiction.

Secrets to Saving with Reprocessed SUDs

Why aren't more surgical facilities using third-party reprocessors?

Managers Get Tough on Implants

Surgeons who once insisted on pricey implants let facility managers hunt for the best price.

Thinking of Buying...Phaco Machines

You want power, accuracy and ease of use.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

For Safety's Sake, They've Put Animosity Aside

Letters & Emails

Endovenous ablation outstrips ligation

This Just In

OIG frowns on common hospital-physician joint venture

Ideas That Work

The cure for empty-room syndrome

Staffing

Clear The Air With Your Smokers

Anesthesia Alert

How Much of a Cardiac Work-up Is Too Much?

Coding & Billing

The Costs of Converting to APCs

Infection Prevention

Test Your Pre-op Skin Prepping Knowledge

Safety

5 Steps to Improved C-arm Safety

Behind Closed Doors

It's Not My Fault!

July 2007

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