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Pain management in hospitals is improving across the board, but not as much as might be hoped, according to the results of a study pending publication. The study found a statistically significant increase in patient satisfaction with pain care in government-owned, for-profit and nonprofit hospitals between October 2006 and March 2012, but also found that […]
Read MoreWhile legal problems can crop up during an employee’s tenure, the two events that carry the most legal risk for employers are the hiring and the departure of an employee. Hiring discrimination lawsuits are particularly dangerous because the applicant doesn’t yet have a relationship with the employer and, therefore, is much more willing to sue. […]
Read MoreAs you fumble through the anesthesia drug tray, you begin to sweat. You notice that some drugs are missing. You quickly move to open the Pyxis machine but those drugs are missing, too. You swing open the heavy door to the operating room next door. Before you can speak through your mask, your colleague frames […]
Read MoreWhen Steven Passik, PhD, slipped on the ice earlier this year and tore his supraspinatus tendon, he needed rotary cuff surgery and was given a prescription for opioids to deal with the pain — no questions asked. “They didn’t ask me who I am or what I do; they didn’t ask me a single question […]
Read MoreResearchers have developed a new tool that can accurately identify patients with chronic migraine (CM). The screening questionnaire — called the ID-CM — can potentially be used by physicians or by patients themselves. “The way we imagine it in clinical practice is that someone completes this questionnaire in a physician’s office and it provides a […]
Read MorePatients awaiting colon cancer surgery who rated their quality of life (QoL) low were 2 and a half times more likely to encounter early, serious surgical complications than those who reported a higher quality of life, a new study shows. The findings were published in the August Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. Patients who scored below […]
Read MoreKetamine does not increase intracranial pressure, increase risk for death, or extend intensive care unit length of stay compared with drugs commonly used to intubate adult patients in the emergency department (ED), new data indicate. In a systematic review, Lindsay Cohen, MD, from the Royal College Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, University of British Columbia, […]
Read MoreI thought this was important since it is about healthcare fraud. Businesses are using analytics to curb losses The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that healthcare fraud costs are approximately $80 billion annually. But it could be closer to $700 billion annually if fraud and improper payments are lumped together, said Julie Malida, principal of […]
Read MoreJob descriptions are the cornerstone of communication between you and your staff. After all, it’s hard for supervisors to measure job effectiveness during performance reviews unless you and the employee both know what you expect. Also, carefully drafted job descriptions can be useful tools in court. For example, if an employee files an Americans with […]
Read MorePublished in Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug 29 Authors: Imai Y et al OBJECTIVE: Thirty-one to 97 % of patients who undergo thoracotomy for lung cancer experience ipsilateral shoulder pain, marring the otherwise excellent relief provided by thoracic epidural analgesia. The aim of this study was to test whether the addition of pregabalin to […]
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