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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Majority of physicians experience burnout, extreme frustration with stacks of paperwork

Problem is so intense, more than half of the physicians surveyed have considered leaving medical field altogether in recent years, study shows. Nearly two-thirds of physicians feel more overworked now compared to when they first started their careers, according to a new national study from locumstory.com. Only 13 percent say they are less overworked now. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
CMS to cut hospital payments by 1.5% to recoup losses tied to coding

The agency is distributing close to $6 billion in uncompensated care payments over the next fiscal year, a decrease of about $400 million. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a 1.5 percent cut to the amount it pays hospitals, a move designed to recover $11 billion in overpayments. The American Taxpayer Relief Act […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Closed-Loop Delivery Systems Versus Manually Controlled Administration of Total IV Anesthesia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2, 2016 AUTHORS: Pasin, Laura MD et al BACKGROUND: Bispectral Index Scale (BIS)-guided closed-loop delivery of anesthetics has been extensively studied. We performed a meta-analysis of all the randomized clinical trials comparing efficacy and performance between BIS-guided closed-loop delivery and manually controlled administration of total IV anesthesia. METHODS: Scopus, PubMed, EMBASE, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Emergency Manual Uses During Actual Critical Events and Changes in Safety Culture From the Perspective of Anesthesia Residents: A Pilot Study

Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 3 – p 641–649 AUTHORS: Goldhaber-Fiebert et al BACKGROUND: Emergency manuals (EMs), context-relevant sets of cognitive aids or crisis checklists, have been used in high-hazard industries for decades, although this is a nascent field in health care. In the fall of 2012, Stanford clinically implemented […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Diabetes Predicts Post-op Complications in Cardiac Patients

Diabetes has been found to be an independent predictor of several postoperative complications, including superficial surgical site infections (SSIs), sepsis and 30-day readmission, in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. According to the researchers, further investigation of the results may aid surgical planning and prevention of these adverse outcomes. “Diabetic patients are […]

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