The Joint Commission has announced its incoming board of commissioners for 2012, according to a Joint Commission news release.
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The Joint Commission has published a fact sheet (pdf) about the Universal Protocol.
Conscious sedation for spine procedures in the ambulatory setting is associated with a low rate of adverse events comparable to local anesthesia without conscious sedation, according to a Doctor's Lounge report.
Ohio state officials want to link the Medicare and Medicaid programs so that beneficiaries who enroll in both only have to work with a single program to receive the services, according to an Associated Press report.
The World Health Organization provides a free, downloadable preventing needlestick injuries toolkit.
Ricardo A. Leano, MD, has been named site director for Ramapo Anesthesia at Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris, N.Y., according to a Record Online report.
American Medical Association delegates have been vocal about their disdain for ICD-10, voicing opinions that the transition to the coding system will impose unnecessary and significant burdens on the practice of medicine, according to a General Surgery News report.
Researchers studied approximately 100 adult patients at a medical center and found noise levels in some patients' rooms sometimes reached 80 decibels, twice the maximum 30-40 decibel level recommended by the World Health Organization, according to a Reuters report.
Lynn Polonski, MD, an eye surgeon at Camp Lowell Surgery Center and Foothills Surgery Center Tuscon, Ariz., was recognized recently by The Explorer for operating on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after the shooting that left her in critical condition.
Current appropriateness criteria cover only 10 of the 25 most common inpatient procedures and six of the 15 most prevalent ambulatory procedures in the United States, according to a study published in the Archives of Surgery.