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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 > May, 2008	Vol. IX, No. 5

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Managing the Difficult Airway

Pre-assessment strategies to avoid challenging intubations before they start.

10 Ways to Save on Supply Costs

If you know where to look, you can find big money hiding out on the shelves in your supply room.

How Would You Code These 5 Pain Management Cases?

You can get reimbursed for more drugs, devices and supplies than before - but only if you know how to properly code and bill.

What's New in Hip and Knee Resurfacing

An update on these tissue-sparing, bone-preserving alternatives to traditional joint replacement surgery.

What to Look for in a Neurosurgical Microscope

How to select a scope that provides years of use, safe patient care and satisfied surgeons.

Making Your Scalpels Safer

Consider these alternatives if your surgeons are resisting the switch to safety scalpels.

Selecting the Right Boom for Your OR

Advice on how to evaluate what's out there and make a sound decision.

4 Ways to Reduce Pressure Injuries

Let vigilance be your guide to preventing complications resulting from poor patient positioning.

Thinking of Buying...A Pulse Oximeter

This non-invasive, real-time monitor is key to anesthesia providers' care.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Content Is King

Letters & E-mails

Reactions to Becker Article

This Just In

Medical Terrorism Book Controversy

Ideas That Work

Shop the Show Floor

Business Advisor

Is Marketing Your Facility a Challenge?

Staffing

Schedule Time for the Schedulers

Medical Malpractice

Lessons Learned from Hepatitis C Outbreak

Legal Update

5 Strategies for Selling Shares to Surgeons

Coding & Billing

ENT Surgery Coding Pointers

Path Lab

Could It Be Eosinophilic Esophagitis?

Infection Control

Can You Pass This Sterilization Quiz?

Behind Closed Doors

A Wing and a Prayer

May 2008

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