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Uncategorized Published - 6 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Shortening trainee doctor hours hasn’t harmed patients

Author: CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press When reforms shortened working hours for U.S. doctors-in-training, some worried: Was that enough time to learn the art of medicine? Would future patients suffer? Now a study has answers, finding no difference in hospital deaths, readmissions or costs when comparing results from doctors trained before and after caps limiting […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
False Claims Act settlements top $750M in first half of 2019

I wanted our readers to know that the federal government is serious about curing healthcare fraud. By Ayla Ellison Becker’s Hospital Review The Department of Justice announced more than $750 million in False Claims Act settlements in the first half of this year, with the bulk of recoveries involving healthcare fraud, according to an analysis by Los […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Family of beloved N.J. principal who died after bone marrow donation to help stranger sues hospital

By Anthony G. Attrino NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Attorneys for the fiance of Westfield High School Principal Derrick Nelson, who died after donating bone marrow to a teenage cancer patient, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against Hackensack University Medical Center. The complaint naming the hospital, an anesthesiologist and others was filed in Superior Court in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Regional Anesthesia and Readmission Rates After Total Knee Arthroplasty

AUTHORS: Chi, Debbie BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1319-1327 BACKGROUND: Total knee arthroplasty is a commonly performed procedure and an important contributor to national health care spending. Reducing the incidence of readmission could have important consequences for patient well-being and relevant financial implications. Whether regional […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Music can be a viable alternative to medications in reducing anxiety before anesthesia

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE New Penn Medicine study found music to be similarly effective as the intravenous form of the sedative medication midazolam in lowering anxiety before anesthetic procedure Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published […]

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