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Study: Anesthesia Awareness May Trigger Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Nearly two-thirds of patients who experienced intraoperative awareness suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder 5 years after their surgeries, a...

Trained Providers Lower Propofol Risks

The airway complication risks associated with the use of propofol during advanced endoscopic procedures are lower when trained professionals deliver...

Wrong-Site Errors Plague Nerve Blocks, Too

A study examining the frequency and causes of wrong-site injections in pain management procedures recommends strict use of the Universal Protocol in...

Archive > December, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 12
Legal Update
The Straight Scoop on Economic Credentialing
Kathy Poppitt, JD

Economic credentialing may put the physicians who do cases at your facility — as well as those whose cases you seek to attract to your ORs — in an uncomfortable or even an untenable position. Here's what you and they may be up against.

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