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Uncategorized Published - 3 December, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Walmart to implement mandatory travel policy for employees’ spine surgeries

Effective January 2019, Walmart will require employees to travel to designated hospitals and health system for spine surgery, according to The Wall Street Journal. The mandate was created to slash unnecessary procedures and reduce healthcare spending. Walmart has directed employees to designated hospitals since 2013. However, not all employees are traveling to designated centers. Walmart discovered […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 November, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Fiber-Optic System Improves Needle Puncture for Perc Dilational Tracheostomy

Author: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News A new fiber-optic–guided system has been shown to improve the performance of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) by facilitating faster and more accurate needle puncture. “This new fiber-optic–guided technique is a reliable method to facilitate quicker and safer needle-guided puncture,” said Pin-Tarng Chen, MD, attending anesthesiologist at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and associate […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 November, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Residents Rarely Completely Document Urgent Intubations

Author: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News Anesthesia residents rarely documented all 12 items identified as essential for urgent/emergent intubations (UEIs) outside the operating room, according to a new study. The retrospective study of 136 standardized electronic medical records (EMRs) documenting non-OR UEIs at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, between Jan. 1, 2016, and Feb. 28, 2017, found […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 November, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Healthcare’s Dependence on Fax Machines Poses Risk to Health Data

 By Jessica Davis Legacy devices are still in frequent use by the healthcare sector. But a lack of awareness around disposing physical data could be putting healthcare organizations at risk. While the healthcare sector has some of the most advanced technology available, it’s oft perplexing to discover that about 75 percent of all healthcare communications are […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 November, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Can stimulating the brain treat chronic pain?

For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current of electricity, enhance the naturally occurring brain rhythms of that region, and significantly decrease symptoms associated with chronic lower back pain. The results, published in the Journal of Pain and presented at the Society […]

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