In a blog posting on The Joint Commission website, Michael Kulczycki, executive director for The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, writes about the importance of having the "ready to go" list assembled at the start of the survey.
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Urfan Dar, MD, manager and medical director of Theda Oaks Surgery Center in San Antonio, offers seven tips for pain centers.
Study results suggest intravenous regional blocks with ketorolac and lidocaine, though useful in treatment of complex regional pain syndrome, produce only short-term pain relief in patients with CRPS of the lower extremity, according to a study published in the Clinical…
Patients treated for lumbar spinal stenosis with the mild decompression procedure reported sustained improvements in pain and mobility after one year and experienced no serious adverse events, according to a news release bout the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
Here are six observations about orthopedic-driven surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010. For this purpose, "orthopedic-driven surgery centers" are interpreted as surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics.
On Oct. 1, 2013, ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) and ICD-10-PCS (procedural coding system) will be implemented into the HIPAA mandated code, increasing the number of codes from around 13,600 under ICD-9 to around 69,000 under ICD-10. Here are four predictions from…
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…
(Connected to: Understanding and Controlling the Hazards of Surgical Smoke) Resources: AORN Surgical Smoke Tool Kit (available to AORN members) — http://www.aorn.org/PracticeResources/ToolKits/SurgicalSmokeEvacuationToolKit LINA-Making Things Clear about Surgical Smoke — http://www.lina-medical.com/files/34/penetration_brochure.pdf OSHA Hospital eTool Surgical Suite Module: Smoke Plume…
(Connected to: Understanding and Controlling the Hazards of Surgical Smoke) For surgical procedures that generate small amounts of plume: 1. 0.1 μm in-line filter will be positioned between the wall suction and the suction canister. 2. In-line filters…
Physicians Endoscopy (PE), a leader in the development and management of endoscopic ambulatory surgery centers, has announced the launching of a new service line focusing on "hospital re-integration."