North American Partners in Anesthesia offers a free, downloadable brochure for patients which provides answers to questions about anesthesia and their anesthesia provider.
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Somnia Anesthesia presented a free webinar June 14 on "Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management."
Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert, Ariz., has initiated a program that allows nursing school or pre-med students to volunteer in its operating room, according to an Arizona Republic report.
Laparoscopic operating rooms could be enhanced with minimally invasive surgical suites, according to a Western Star report.
Recent corporate donations have helped Boston-based Beverly Hospital raise $915,000 for renovation of its three operating rooms, according to a Salem News report.
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Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., has installed 23 LCD screens at nurses' stations across eight floors to improve the dissemination of clinical information to nurses, physicians and staff.
Foot gel pads may reduce fatigue and discomfort among operating room staff, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Columbia University School of Medicine Department of Urology.
As of June 10, 2011, approximately 5.5 million individuals with Medicare — or 1 in 6 beneficiaries — used one or more of the preventive services provided under the Affordable Care Act, according to a recently released CMS report.
Dr. Brent Lambert and Luke Lambert of ASCOA identify 12 of the top issues currently facing the ASC industry in a report from Becker's ASC Review.
For children at the Cleveland Clinic, the operating room might be the site of their surgeries, but a new role is helping it become a learning environment, too.