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Written by Rachel Popa Anesthesia Business Consultants Key performance indicators can help ASCs measure how their anesthesia provider’s performance measures up, according to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems. Three KPIs to track: 1. Normothermia. This KPI tracks whether a patient’s temperature is out of the normal range. 2. Postoperative nausea and vomiting. Examining this KPI and decreasing […]
Read MoreBY AMY GUNIA Time Surgeons announced on Monday that they have separated conjoined twin sisters after multiple surgeries that took more than 50 hours to complete. Two-year-old Safa and Marwa Ullah underwent three surgeries carried out between October 2018 and February this year at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, according to the Guardian. The sisters, who hail from […]
Read MoreKaiser Health News Health insurers that treat millions of seniors have overcharged Medicare by nearly $30 billion the past three years alone, but federal officials say they are moving ahead with long-delayed plans to recoup at least part of the money. Officials have known for years that some Medicare Advantage plans overbill the government by exaggerating how […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Longer durations of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis are associated with increasing risks for acute kidney injury and Clostridium difficile infection — without preventing more surgical-site infections — according to a retrospective study in JAMA Surgery. Researchers examined outcomes in nearly 80,000 veterans who underwent cardiac, colorectal, vascular, or total joint replacement procedures […]
Read MoreBy Ana Sandoiu Medical News Today Extensive research into the role of the tumor suppressor p53 offers a greater understanding of the genetic mutations that are at play in various forms of cancer, as well as identifying four genes that may help predict a person’s outlook. The overexpression of four genes can help predict the outcome […]
Read MoreThreatpost Today GE Healthcare said an attacker could modify gas composition parameters within the devices’ respirator function. A vulnerability in GE Healthcare’s Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices would allow an unauthenticated cybercriminal on the same network as the device to modify gas composition parameters within the devices’ respirator function, thus changing sensor readings for gas […]
Read MoreAuthor: ALEX KACIK Trinity Health sued a Michigan anesthesiology group for allegedly compromising operations at a handful of its hospitals amid rate disputes with several insurers. The lawsuit filed in a Michigan federal court Tuesday alleged that Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor, which employs more than 100 doctors and is the exclusive provider for six Trinity […]
Read MoreIn a study published recently in the Journal of Burn Care & Research, a team of researchers reviewed all pavement burn injury admissions into a Las Vegas area burn center, and compared the outdoor temperatures at the time of each patient admission to, in essence, determine how hot is too hot. Pavement burns account for significant burn-related injuries […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mackenzie Bean Becker’s Healthcare A patient is suing Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Penrose Hospital, claiming he suffered facial fractures after falling off an operating room table, reports The Mercury News. The suit alleges 65-year-old Walter Stricklin rolled off the OR table and landed face-first on the ground as the surgical team prepped for his laparoscopic hernia […]
Read MoreThe American College of Surgeons (ACS) launched its new Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program at the ACS Quality and Safety Conference. This new surgical quality improvement program introduces 30 new surgical standards designed to systematically improve surgical care and outcomes for the aging adult population. Older adults already account for approximately 41 percent of all […]
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