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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, 2010	Vol. XI, No. 4

FEATURES

8 Ways to Improve Your OR Air Quality

Employ a mix of engineering controls and best practices to clear the air of harmful contaminants.

Keeping Patients Warm Throughout Surgery

Think patient warming starts and stops with a heated blanket in pre-op? Think again. You need a combination of techniques to keep patients safe and comfortable.

Get Paid for Nerve Blocks Every Time

5 steps toward pain management payment.

6 Tips for Successful Anesthesia Fast-Tracking

Collaboration and communication are key to avoiding bottlenecks.

How to Outfit Your New Eye OR

Four new ORs helped my surgery center add cases and surgeons to a maxed-out caseload.

Tools & Technologies to Help You Get Paid Faster

Take a scalpel to your days in A/R with these online revenue cycle management solutions.

Overcoming an SSI Outbreak

How do you track and treat patients with surgical site infections when they're discharged long before trouble arises?

Practical Electrosurgery Buying Tips

Your surgeons will probably want an electrosurgery unit from a familiar manufacturer, but keep in mind who else handles these units.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Checklists, Because We're Ignorant and Inept

Letters & E-mails

CRNA Salary Comparison Flawed

Kathy Bryant Is Stepping Down

Since 1998, she's been the face and figurehead of the ASC industry.

Ideas That Work

Don't Gamble on Dirty Instruments

Staffing

No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

This Just In

What Does ObamaCare Mean for You?

Coding & Billing

Inside the New Spinal Block Codes

Anesthesia Alert

A Radical Propofol Proposal

Legal Update

Are Antitrust Actions Worth Pursuing?

Medical Malpractice

Case Canceled? Don't Just Leave a Message

Behind Closed Doors

Anatomy of an OR Nurse

April 2010

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