The ASC Quality Collaboration released data for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016, showing the number of wrong site, side, patient, procedure and implants were up in the ASC setting, compared to previous quarters.
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Healthcare facilities around the country are implementing different protocols to limit the number of patient falls, which may result in injury and readmission.
The hand hygiene market is likely to expand significantly from 2016 to 2014, according to a Transparency Market Research report.
JAMA Surgery published a study that found mobile apps are effective in providing follow-up care for patients that underwent ambulatory breast reconstruction surgery.
The World Health Organization compiled a list of antibiotic-resistant pathogens it deemed a priority on March 20, 2017, according to The Washington Post.
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Norwegian physicians weighed in on the diseases they deemed most prestigious in three surveys conducted in 1990, 2002 and 2014, according to New York Magazine.
Despite the potential technology holds in optimizing patient care, the downsides may lead to poor outcomes unless hospitals can work out the kinks with implementation and use.
Throughout the United States, hundreds of thousands of patients develop sepsis, a life-threatening condition.
JAMA Surgery published a 2017 study finding surgeons can truncate overall supply chain costs when using scorecards that show them their supply costs relative to other providers.
Researchers conducted a study that found using the standardized approach to diagnosing and treating sepsis did not alter a patient's survival chances. Researchers polled providers across 138 hospitals in seven countries about their sepsis treatment protocols.