The Strong for Surgery Program is linked to a two-thirds decrease in the rate of smoking in patients undergoing cervical and lumbar spine procedures, according to research from the University of ...
Surgeon and pre-surgery checklist advocate Patchen Dellinger, M.D., had two reasons to celebrate on Jan. 15: The results of a study he participated in that showed the benefits of using checklists was ...
In a Dec. 6 webinar hosted by Becker’s Healthcare, Linda Lansing, senior vice president of clinical services, and Kelly Bemis, director of clinical services at Surgical Care Affiliates, discussed ...
CAMDEN, S.C.—Surgical team members shuffle in and out of the operating room preparing for the second procedure of the day at KershawHealth, a 120-bed hospital in a town of about 7,000 in north central ...
Implementing a checklist for surgical procedures could spell six-figure annual savings for many hospitals, concludes a study published in the September issue of Health Affairs. The study's authors ...
The following is a white paper written by SurgiScreen, which provides consulting, management support and outsourcing of pre-surgical screening services. The process of preparing a patient for a ...
Surgical safety checklists improve patient safety and even save lives. Yet anesthesiologists may be reluctant to use them in front of patients because they worry that doing so may increase patient ...
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