Gayle Lowe, an AAAHC surveyor, discusses patient safety initiatives and increased efforts on the part of healthcare providers to implement practices and policies that further increase patient safety.
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A bill currently up for a final vote in the New Jersey Senate would require ambulatory surgery centers to provide information on infection rates and cost, similar to what is currently required of hospitals, according to a report in The…
A study published in the Jan. 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that the risk of early postoperative mortality was slightly increased for the first 26 days after the elective surgery, down significantly from previous…
A study in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia found that low doses of intravenous lidocaine can help to control pain after common ambulatory surgery procedures, according to a news release from the International Anesthesia Research Society.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released interim recommendations for imaging facilities and providers to address concerns regarding excess radiation exposure during CT scans, which is currently under investigation by the agency, according to an FDA news release.
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A new white paper from ECRI Institute outlines the Institute's top 10 technology hazards for 2010, with cross-contamination from flexible endoscopes topping the list.
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has announced new standards for the accreditation of ambulatory care and office-based surgery, according to an HFAP news release.
In a survey of surgeons commissioned by the American College of Surgeons, 8.9 percent of respondents said they were concerned they had made a "major medical error" in the past three months, according to an article on the survey in…
Amid growing concerns about racial, ethnic and language disparities in healthcare, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights have released a video, entitled "Improving Patient-Provider Communication," which supports language access in…
ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, in collaboration with the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, has released important changes to its recommendations for preventing surgical fires, according to an ERCI news release.