The Institute for Healthcare Improvement provides a free worksheet to help track data on surgical site infections related to hip and knee arthroplasty.
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The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation provides a free video on preventing and managing operating room fires.
The American College of Surgeons announced the creation of the Georgia Surgical Quality Collaborative, a statewide initiative to improve outcomes in surgical care via information-sharing among hospitals and the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
Patients who have difficulty accessing a primary care physician after hours go to the emergency department more than patients who do have this access, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Generally, non-profit hospital and health systems should expect stable finances next year, but maintaining profitability and reasonable expenses will be harder to do beyond 2013, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.
Louisiana State University Health has dodged immediate layoffs through several private-public operation agreements, but most employees will lose their jobs with LSU next spring and need to reapply with the new operation, according to a Times-Picayune report.
Yesterday, the United States supported a United Nations measure that favored universal healthcare coverage, according to a report from The Hill.
Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark is breaking ground today in Pine, Pa., on the first of its "medical malls," according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Five major physician lobbying groups expect to push Congress today to avert the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts to physicians and repeal the SGR formula altogether, according to a CQ Healthbeat News report.
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