Articles Tagged With: surgery
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Patients can safely shower 48 hours after surgery
Forty-eight hours after surgery, wounds that are clean and clean-contaminated can be safely showered, according to the results of a study just published in the Annals of Surgery.
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Ambulatory surgery centers are in OIG’s sights
Ambulatory surgical centers are among the many healthcare operations targeted for close oversight in the 2016 Work Plan from the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Antibiotics over surgery for peds appendicitis? Proceed with caution, experts say
Several recent studies suggesting that appendicitis could be treated with antibiotics alone have generated serious buzz among clinicians and parents.
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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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Money-back guarantee aimed at patient satisfaction
In the retail world, a money-back guarantee is offered as proof of quality and a dedication to customer service. Why can’t the same reasoning be applied to healthcare?
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Free benchmarking information available for ambulatory surgery
You don’t have to go digging through mountains of data to find benchmarking information. As part of our cost-saving issue, Same-Day Surgery offers free statistics from the ASC Quality Collaboration.
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In ambulatory surgery programs, money saved equals money earned
Some ambulatory surgery managers have a hard time seeing that money saved is money earned. Many hospitals, surgery centers, and surgeons’ offices focus so much effort on increasing revenue and not enough on controlling their expenses. Can and should you do both?
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Are concurrent surgeries a good tool to save time and money? Experts express caution
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 says that the practice is not necessarily improper but should be monitored by management.
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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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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.