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Joint Commission Revisions to Medical Management Issues
6/2/2011 Here are clarifications on a number of Joint Commission Medication Management Standards for anyone with Joint Commission survey issues to use as a reference.
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Management of Unanticipated Difficult Intubation
12/14/2010 Endotracheal intubation is an airway management technique indicated in a variety of clinical situations. Unanticipated difficulty with endotracheal intubation may result in catastrophic outcomes, including cerebral anoxia and death. Even the most thorough assessment of the airway may not detect the possibility of a difficult intubation, and every anesthetist should have a predetermined strategy for dealing with this situation.
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Quarterly Update on Preventing Wrong-Site Surgery
9/23/2010 After the initial focus on wrong-site surgery, the number of events has decreased each year. However, Pennsylvania still averages more than one report per week.
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Improving the Safety of the Blood Transfusion Process
5/19/2010 This article focuses on the process for safe transfusion and the risk reduction strategies that decrease the incidence of transfusion errors by developing adequate
quality systems to ensure correct patient identification of the transfusion candidate. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.
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Quarterly Update on the Preventing Wrong-Site Surgery Project: Digging Deep
5/19/2010 Is Pennsylvania making progress on preventing wrong-site surgeries? Possibly, although this report suggests that progress hasn’t been as fast as theoretically possible. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.
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Beyond the Bundle: Reducing the Risk of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream
5/19/2010 The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority’s analysis of CLABSI event reports from July 2008 through March 2009 concludes that while Pennsylvania’s CLABSI and central line utilization rates are significantly better than the national average, hospitals were unable to document compliance with evidence-based best practices for CLABSI prevention in 38 percent of events reported. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.
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ASA pushes U.S. House to address SGR issue
5/19/2010 The American Society of Anesthesiologists and numerous surgical societies wrote a letter in May to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that urges meaningful change to the longstanding Medicare SGR problem.
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Reimbursement Under Medicare, Medicaid and Workers Compensation
3/10/2010 Reimbursement of Anesthesiologists Under Medicare, Medicaid and Workers Compensation
Anesthesiologists are reimbursed differently than almost every medical specialist.
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The Role of Non Physician Anesthetists
3/10/2010 Summarizing the current law as relates to the practice of CRNAs.
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