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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 > January, 2008	Vol. IX, No. 1

FEATURES

Any Way You Slice It

Readers offer up their salary and staffing concerns.

Secrets to Our Cataract Case Efficiency

The right equipment and a dedicated staff will send patients safely and quickly through your facility.

Fast-Track Surgery Tips

Inside one hospital's quest to discharge patients faster.

Get Out of Denial

How to appeal returned and underpaid claims - and win.

Is Your Facility Ready for Lap Cholecystectomies?

Experts offer advice on what you need to get started with this procedure and make it efficient.

Less Medical Waste, Fewer Infections

New ways to dispose of fluids and sharps can improve your facility's bottom line.

Thinking of Buying...Patient Warming Devices

Negotiate their costs, test their features and study their efficiency.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

The Year in Review

Letters & E-mails

Who Should Sedate GI Patients?

This Just In

Insurer Ending Payments for Anesthesiologists Monitoring Routine Colonoscopies

Ideas That Work

Safety Sheriffs

Staffing

Here's to a Balanced 2008

Legal Update

Facility Fees for Doc-owned ASCs Under Fire

Coding & Billing

Most Common ASC and Hospital Billing Errors

Business Advisor

How to Create Your Succession Plan

Anesthesia Alert

How Long Before You Subsidize Anesthesia?

Path Lab

Do's and Don'ts of Specimen Handling

Safety

Let's Meet on a Neutral Field

Product News

The Only Generic Equivalent to Dantrium IV

Behind Closed Doors

Divided By a Common Knowledge

January 2008

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