BFW Inc.

JUNE 17, 2021

Operating room inventory and equipment account for nearly 60% of total hospital costs alone. However, cost is just one factor worth considering when you’re looking to improve hospital efficiency. Let’s take a deeper look at the relationship between hospital performance, equipment, and processes.

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BFW Inc.

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Optimize Care Synchronization and Communication In the operating room, clear communication and seamless coordination are required to perform safe, successful surgeries. Through surgical video technology, procedures can be live-streamed directly from the surgeon’s point-of-view to a wall-mounted display.

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SpecialtyCare

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

To improve SPD efficiency, effective management tools need to be implemented, including training and error tracking, tray optimization, and increased communication and collaboration between the SPD and the OR. Error tracking is another key area where many hospitals fall short in SPD management.

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SpecialtyCare

JUNE 21, 2025

As surgical procedures continue to increase and infection prevention becomes increasingly critical, career opportunities in sterile processing are expanding rapidly across the country.

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Picis

JUNE 17, 2024

Unfamiliarity with the procedure, mountains of paperwork, and unanswered questions can leave patients feeling anxious and overwhelmed. Imagine learning about your procedure through user-friendly animations and videos at your own pace and in the comfort of your home. Undergoing surgery can be a stressful experience.

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Picis

JANUARY 15, 2024

Gone are the days of walking past hospital walls lined with whiteboards, littered with scribbles about patient updates. Evolving Past the Whiteboard and Going Digital Whiteboards, once ubiquitous in hospitals, served as the primary tool for communicating patient information and updates. How is the procedure progressing?

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

JUNE 4, 2024

Yet, with a single minute in the OR costing as much as $120, ASCs, hospital outpatient departments (HOPD), and ORs regularly waste much more than that. When effective processes aren’t in place, clinical staff don’t have the information they need to safely or legally proceed with a procedure. Do it again. Wait another minute.

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Ambulatory Surgery Centers have a significant strategic advantage compared to traditional hospital settings. Proactively Communicate Patient Financial Responsibilities Unpaid patient debt seems like it comes with the territory for ASCs, but the truth is no revenue cycle can sustain it.

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SpecialtyCare

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) A cardiovascular perfusionist plays a crucial role in cardiac surgery, ensuring that a patient’s heart and lungs continue to function during procedures like open-heart surgery. Hospitals and surgical centers rely on perfusionists to support their cardiac surgery teams.

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

MARCH 29, 2024

Ascension Saint Thomas Health Improves Performance through Better Medical Record Management KCummings Fri, 03/29/2024 - 08:54 Overview In the fast-paced environment of healthcare, hospitals face significant challenges related to medical records. Accurate and relevant data from the STS Database uncovered areas for improvement.

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SpecialtyCare

JULY 10, 2024

Feldstein, Dr. Coussons, and Schommer discussed what it looks like to achieve best practice in a robotics program and how hospitals can redeem the capital they spend on robotics, especially in relation to efficiency, cost savings, and patient safety. Another critical question for hospital administrations is the size of their robotic fleet.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 28, 2024

While 43% worked in an academic medical center, 35% worked in a community hospital, 11% worked in a city/county hospital, and 6% worked solely in an ambulatory surgery center. The establishment of a successful preoperative evaluation clinic requires commitment, collaboration, and support from several hospital disciplines.”

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Picis

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Furthermore, it enhances communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals, leading to better coordination and, ultimately, positive patient outcomes. However, with the implementation of anesthesia EMR software, these communication gaps can be bridged.

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SpecialtyCare

OCTOBER 10, 2023

“I chose this role because it’s a way to make a difference in surgery that truly can help patients get back to their day-to-day lives since we specialize in minimally invasive procedures,” says Austin. “I I focus on] maintaining a good relationship with the staff because I communicate with them regularly and work alongside them all day.

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Somnia

MAY 31, 2024

Clinical Inefficiencies Clinical inefficiencies can manifest as non-compliance with internal and external standards, policies, procedures, and best practices. Incomplete or missing chart review and audit procedures for each case. Watch for these signs of ineffective leadership: Little to no participation in hospital/ASC committees.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2017

He wants to get out of bed, walk as much as possible, and go home from the hospital as soon as he can. You discuss the procedure of a blood patch and he says, “Yes, that’s what I need. 3 You explain the blood patch procedure and its risks to the patient, he signs a consent, and you perform the blood patch within the hour.

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

MARCH 5, 2024

Standard outpatient procedures like knee arthroscopies cost roughly 60% less at ASCs than in hospital outpatient departments. Contents Prioritize Communication With Referring Physicians Stay Engaged With Your Referral Networks Don’t Lose Sight of Quality Take No Risks When It Comes to Compliance Optimize Your Surgical Services 1.

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Salem Anesthesia

JUNE 12, 2023

They play a crucial role in healthcare by ensuring patient safety and comfort before, during, and after surgical procedures. Additionally, CRNAs are regarded as medical experts who play a collaborative role within the medical team in both planning and executing medical procedures.

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SpecialtyCare

OCTOBER 12, 2024

As a trusted partner to hospitals across the United States, SpecialtyCare offers a wide range of career paths in healthcare that provide meaningful work, professional development, and competitive benefits. You’ll be working with professionals who value communication and cooperation. Why Choose SpecialtyCare for your Medical Career?

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The Anesthesia Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

A logistic regression model that incorporated age, National Early Warning Score, Laboratory Decision Tree Early Warning Score, and Hospital Frailty Risk Score demonstrated good discrimination and calibration but was slightly less effective than the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit score. Meanwhile, in a systematic review, Vernooij et al.

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EARN Cares

AUGUST 8, 2022

Your day could consist of ensuring clear and concise communication with patients as you educate them on a variety of topics, taking vital signs, wound care, removing staples, relaying findings to the doctor, charting on a computer system, etc. Ability to adapt —canceled appointments or procedures happen frequently.

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OR Manager

JUNE 30, 2025

The leadership structure for an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) can be confusing for the uninitiated. Structures vary across ASC types, which range from a single physician owner to complex joint ventures More » The post ASC adaptability depends on properly structured leadership appeared first on OR Manager.

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The Surgicalist Group

JULY 29, 2020

Intended as a temporary solution, hospitals engage locum tenens for general surgery call coverage when their current call model cannot meet hospital’s demands. This can lead to tension, lack of professional respect, decreased patient retention, and poor intra-hospital coordination, ultimately decreasing efficiencies.

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EARN Cares

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Lastly, detail specific nursing skills related heart procedures or surgeries that you have experience performing and what responsibilities you've been given by doctors and other healthcare professionals in order to create the best care plan for each patient.

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Incision

JANUARY 29, 2024

Many of us have seen problems caused by a lack of communication between different parts of an organization. We organize our work according to what tasks fall under what teams, based on the traditional structures of hospitals and training programs. Part of the phrase's popularity surely comes from the commonality of what it describes.

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SpecialtyCare

JULY 7, 2024

They are critical in surgeries such as open-heart procedures, organ transplants, and more. SpecialtyCare is the largest provider of perfusion services in the United States, supporting more than 1,100 hospitals and participating in over 130,000 surgeries annually. Why Choose SpecialtyCare ?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Round up your smartest engineer buddies and invent the electronic medical recordkeeping system every hospital needs. Doctors and hospitals who failed to adopt a government-approved EMR system by the end of 2014 faced cutbacks in their Medicare reimbursements. hospitals have an EMR system. How can a hospital recoup this cost?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2017

Some were academic professors, some were trainees at a university, and some were community anesthesiologists either in my group or in other anesthesia companies. We’re entering an era of metrics for physicians, in which the government and hospital systems will collect data to monitor quality and performance.

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IU School of Medicine

MARCH 11, 2024

Pivotal Vascular Case: Implantation of Human Acellular Vessel The IU Health Vascular team provided a first-in-Indiana operations for a patient at the legacy IU Health Bloomington Hospital on December 2, 2021. IPAH is characterized by significant heterogeneity with varied treatment responses between different patients.

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walkerproject

JANUARY 20, 2021

In addition, the influence of hospital administration on this platform is also increasingly visible. Stable management and reliable planning ensure a balance in this personnel- and cost-intensive hospital area. In many ORs, however, such an instrument does not exist at all or is only poorly structured.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Characteristics of autism include developmental delays of behavioral and social skills, and an inability to communicate. Patients with autism commonly need to be sedated for routine procedures that a normal child or adult would cooperate with. He refuses to change into a hospital gown, or to remove his long-sleeved sweater.

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MEDITEK

JANUARY 26, 2022

With so many options for premium operating tables, you may find it challenging to select a surgical table for your hospital. An operating table, also called a surgical table or operating room table, is a table on which a patient lies during a surgical procedure. You don’t want your hospital staff suffering from back or body pain.

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RASA Training

AUGUST 20, 2019

December 2018 – Happy Holidays October 2018 – Happy Halloween March 2017 – The Giving Issue October 2016 Contact Form Landing Page Hospital Programs Monthly Surgical Assisting Newsletter Our monthly surgical assisting newsletter brings you news and stories helpful and interesting to your career. Welcome to Our Archives!

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) that can prove they consistently meet or exceed payer expectations in terms of safety and efficiency will be able to secure more competitive contracts with payers. Your SPD may be behind, but are there communication issues exacerbating the problem?

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Trocar Supplies

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Study author and Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. JoAnn Manson , stated, "Among women below the age of 60, we found hormone therapy has low risk of adverse events and is safe for treating hot flashes, night sweats, and other menopausal symptoms." Typically, pellet therapy is effective for three to five months.

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ARC/STSA

JUNE 22, 2023

Luke’s University Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania I am extremely humbled and thankful to be a recipient of this scholarship. Deanna Hayden Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Being the last line of defense for patient safety and sterility in the operating room requires someone with strong and effective communication.

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SpecialtyCare

AUGUST 25, 2024

These professionals have the opportunity to work in various healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, and research institutions. Whether you’re working in a fast-paced hospital environment or a specialized clinic, the variety in work environments ensures that the job remains interesting and engaging.

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