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When Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston set the audacious goal of eliminating preventable harm in October 2007, there were many skeptics who thought the hospital would bend the definition of preventability to excuse low performance. However, this goal…

Michael Gossman, BSBA, CASC, is the administrator at the Cedar Lake Surgery Center in Biloxi, Miss., a multi-specialty center. Established in 1977, it was the first freestanding surgery center to be built in Mississippi and now boasts 16,000 square feet.…

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Micropauses, a 20-second break every 20 minutes, during long surgical procedures, may reduce the risk of surgeon fatigue, according to a study published in the Annals of Surgery.

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