Articles Tagged With: surgery
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Saving Money with Surgical First Assistants
Increasingly, outpatient surgeons are adding surgical first assistants as a tool to shorten their procedure times and add more cases.
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Concurrent surgeries: How much is too much?
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has been the focus of controversy over the safety of concurrent surgeries and whether patients have a right to know when surgeons are dividing their attention. One patient safety leader tells Healthcare Risk Management that the practice is not necessarily improper but should be monitored by risk management.
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With staff shortages projected, you’ll need to stand out among surgery providers
Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news first? The good news is that the nursing shortage is not as bad as predicted several years ago. The bad news is that there still is a shortage projected.
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Elective surgery risk factor: post-hospital syndrome
A condition known as post- hospital syndrome is a significant risk factor for patients who undergo elective outpatient surgery, according to a study from Loyola in Maywood, IL.
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Medication errors happen in about half of surgeries
A recent study indicates that medication errors occur in about half of all surgeries, possibly because patient safety policies and procedures are relaxed in the operating room.
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When It Comes to Anxiety, Words Beat Pills
Anxious patients heading into surgery often receive medication to ease their fears, but a few calming words from their physicians might be more effective medicine. -
Call for Action: Research on Anesthesia for Babies and Children
Are anesthetics and sedatives safe for infants and children under age 4? The FDA says we need to know more than we do.
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Quadriplegics’ Hand and Arm Movements Restored
In 2012, Michael D. Bavlsik, MD, his son, and other Boy Scouts were traveling in Minnesota when his van collided with a boat and a trailer. The accident left Bavlsik a quadriplegic. The primary care physician and father of eight is now able to feed himself, write, examine patients’ ears, and drive, based on a newly reported surgical technique. -
Robotic surgery problems can involve facilities
We discuss the case of a surgeon investigated for his robotic surgeries and how the facility became involved. -
Nurses text, send images from the OR with new app
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, FL, uses a new app that feeds information from the operating room directly to the smartphones of a patient’s family and loved ones. It’s called EASE, which stands for Electronic Access to Surgical Events.