Articles Tagged With: Surgical
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New problems mean new solutions for retained surgical items
The OR staff at one California hospital didn’t even realize that a blue towel had gone into the patient during his abdominal surgery. But there it was, three months later.
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Safety culture is critical in improving surgical results
To achieve better results for surgical patients, healthcare facilities tend to focus on technical issues such as surgeons’ skills and OR equipment. However, a non-technical factor, the so-called “safety culture,” might be equally important in delivering high-quality patient care, investigators report in a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons in advance of print publication.
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Resources for Preventing Surgical Fires Initiative
An estimated 200 to 650 surgical fires occur annually in, on, or around a patient who is undergoing a medical or surgical procedure in the United States, according to ECRI Institute. To combat this issue, The Joint Commission has partnered with the Food and Drug Administration, the Council for Surgical & Perioperative Safety, and others in the Preventing Surgical Fires Initiative.
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Want to cut supply costs? Tell surgeons how they compare with their peers
The neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and otolaryngology – head and neck surgery departments at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco had a 4% decrease in median surgical supply costs in six months through a price transparency initiative aimed at surgeons.
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Newly developed surgical ‘black box’ is similar to airplane device used to analyze data after crash
An adverse event investigation typically must rely on a mix of people’s imperfect memories and incomplete data. However, there is growing interest in using systems during surgery that record a wealth of information — not just videotape, but data from the devices used in the operation and other information such as the correct timeout procedure.
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Robotic surgery problems can involve facilities
We discuss the case of a surgeon investigated for his robotic surgeries and how the facility became involved. -
Study: Minimally invasive surgery could lower healthcare costs by hundreds of millions a year
A new analysis of surgical outcomes nationwide concludes that more use of minimally invasive surgery for certain common procedures can dramatically reduce postoperative complications and shave hundreds of millions of dollars off the nation’s healthcare bill.
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System made changes to stop ‘no authorizations’
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare made changes to prevent clinically related denials.
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Your facility does what procedures? Surgical hospitals expand limits
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Body jewelry isn’t a good accessory for surgery