Same-Day Surgery 2007: Vol 31 Index

2007·1.7 MB·English

2007 Index
Accreditation Evaluate results of patient surveys Anesthesial/Pain Management
AAAHC announces new standards, carefully, APR SDS Accreditation Anesthesiologist passed hepatitis C
FEB SDS Accreditation Update Update Suppl:3 to patients, AUG:89
Suppl:4 Expand your mandated pre-proce- Children with recent colds linked to
A surveyor at your door? OCT SDS dure timeout to enhance patient respiratory events, DEC:146
Accreditation Update Suppl:4 safety efforts in the OR, APR SDS Comments on anesthesia and find-
Assess anticoagulants to meet new Accreditation Update Suppl:1 ing good staff, MAR:37
requirements, OCT:119 Federal agency satisfied with associ- Improve pain control, cut SSIs with
Don’t wait for a patient fall in your ation firewall, APR SDS one product — Study shows pain
facility: Evaluate your program Accreditation Update Suppl:4 pump’s positive effect, DEC:142
now to address issues, FEB SDS Health care literacy gap is addressed, Is your staff prepared to monitor a
Accreditation Update Suppl:1 APR SDS Accreditation Update sedated child? FEB:21
A free white paper for our readers: Suppl:4 Media and lawsuits put spotlight on
“The Joint Commission: What Joint Commission changes its name, awareness in outpatient surgery,
Hospitals Can Expect in 2007,” APR SDS Accreditation Update JUN:65
MAR:38 Suppl:4 Pre-Anesthetic Evaluation,
CMS clarifies ASC backup power Joint Commission revises look- OCT:Online issue
requirements, JUL SDS alike /sound-alike lists, JAN:15 Should you use a brain monitor?
Accreditation Update Suppl:2 Medication Reconciliation List, JUN:67
Demonstrate readiness for commu- OCT SDS Accreditation Update Updated guidelines focus on moni-
nitywide disaster, JUL SDS Suppl:Online toring pediatrics, FEB:19
Accreditation Update Suppl:4 Medication safety tops list of sur-
Disaster Specific Response veyor’s focus, OCT SDS Cost Containment (Also see Finances
Duties / Roles, Code Red: OCT Accreditation Update:1 and Medicare)
SDS Accreditation Update:Online [Medication] reconciliation form Cost control managers can be non-
Disaster Specific Response should show stop, start dates, clinical, SEP:109
Duties/ Roles, Evacuation of OCT SDS Accreditation Update:3 Surgery center recovered over
Center, OCT SDS Accreditation Standards focus on risk assessment, $5,000 in rebates, SEP:108
Update Suppl:Online FEB SDS Accreditation Update Want savings? Focus policies on
Document every step of tissue trans- Suppl:3 cost control, AUG:93
port, handling, JUL: SDS Surveyor in the ceiling, and one
Accreditation Update Suppl:3 patient scheduled, FEB SDS Disaster Preparedness and Response
Document your inspections, and Accreditation Update Supp:3 Demonstrate readiness for commu-
evaluate LSC compliance with Tracer methodology covered in nitywide disaster, JUL SDS
building maintenance program, video, DEC:147 Accreditation Updaie Suppl:4
SDS Accreditation Update Suppl:1
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December 2007 / Supplement to SAME-DAY SURGERY® Index
Disaster Specific Response Duties / Freestanding Centers (Also see It’s “yes” for artificial nails, but not
Roles, Code Red: OCT SDS Cost Containment, Medicare, in the OR, OCT:121
Accreditation Update Suppl:Online Reimbursement, and Surgical Outbreak leads to 70% absentee rate
Disaster Specific Response Hospitals) NOV:134
Duties/ Roles, Evacuation of 30 years later, ambuiatory surgery is Proposed conditions would take
Center: OCT SDS Accreditation braced for market, payment extra time, OCT:116
Update Suppl:Online changes, JAN:i Respiratory section added to
Georgia hospital hit by F3 tornado, Follow tips to avoid unplanned Standard Precautions, AUG:92
APR:41 admissions, JUL:79 Task force releases report on TASS
What will you do if disaster hits GAO report is out, JAN:17 outbreak, FEB:26
your ORs? APR:44 Quality reporting on the ASC side,
JAN:4 Laparoscopy/Endoscopy
Documentation/Tools Researcher says surgery centers are Custom Ultrasonics resumes manu-
Building Maintenance Program “pushing the envelope,” JUL:77 facturing, SEP:111
Data Collection Sheet, JUL SDS Surgery center growth expected to FDA: Stop using Custom
Accreditation Update Suppl:Online continue, DEC:147 Ultrasonics washer, MAY:63
Building Maintenance Program You are invited — ASCs open doors From fighter pilots to lap proce-
Quarterly Effectiveness to public, OCT:122 dures, APR:49
Summary, JUL SDS Accreditation You've come a long way, baby! 1- Should you buy surgeons a
Update Suppl:Online page charts, typewriters replaced PlayStation 3? APR:50
Disaster Specific Response by scopes, MAC, JAN:6
Duties / Roles, Code Red: OCT Management (Also see Cost
SDS Accreditation Update Hospital-based Programs (Also see Containment, Equipment!
Suppl:Online Medicare and Surgical Hospitals) Supplies, Finances, Patient/Family
Disaster Specific Response Back pain procedure OK’d for extra Satisfaction/Public Relations,
Duties /R oles, Evacuation of payment, JAN:15 Quality Improvement/Quality
Center: OCT SDS Accreditation Georgia hospital hit by F3 tornado, Assurance, Regulation, Salary/
Update Suppl:Online APR:41 Career, Staffing/Staff Satisfaction,
Medication Reconciliation List, OCT HOPD payments to increase 3.8%, and Surgeons)
SDS Accreditation Update DEC:140 Age, gender, culture are key compe-
Suppl:Online It’s official — CMS changes H&P tencies, MAR:36
Medication safety tops list of sur- rule, JAN:13 Answers on cross-training, $250,000
veyors’ focus, OCT SDS Medicare hospital, physician data request from doc, MAY:61
Accreditation Update:1 posted, JA N:13 Building Maintenance Program
Pre-Anesthetic Evaluation, Standards focus on risk assessment, Data Collection Sheet, JUL SDS
OCT:Online issue FEB SDS Accreditation Update Accreditation Update Suppl:Online
Sample Building Maintenance Supp:3 Building Maintenance Program
Program Policy, JUL SDS What will you do if disaster hits Quarterly Effectiveness
Accreditation Update Suppl:Online your ORs? SDS programs share Summary, JUL SDS Accreditation
lessons from quake, tornado, Update Suppl:Online
Equipment/Supplies (Also see Lapa- APR:44 Expect the unexpected with media
roscopy/Endoscopy, and Technology) When you have a serious adverse coverage, NOV:133
Capital equipment process made event should you apologize, Cell phones and others things that
simple, APR:48 waive charges? MAR:29 annoy me, NOV:130
Company refuses FDA request for Change I have seen over three
recall, JUN:75 Infection Control decades, JAN:12
FDA: Stop using Custom Clippers vs. razors: Simple step to Comments on anesthesia and find-
Ultrasonics washer, MAY:63 reduce SSIs, AUG:96 ing good staff, MAR:37
Science fiction or fact? Lights come CMS revises guidelines on informed Education videos, games, food at
on by command, JAN:8 consent and alcohol-based skin patient’s fingertips, DEC:144
preps, APR:47 FASA, AAASC merger said immi-
Finances (Also see Medicare and Company refuses FDA request for nent, NOV:125
Reimbursement) recall, JUN:75 Fatal flaws and how to solve them,
Benchmarks for SDS, SEP:108 Custom Ultrasonics resumes manu- MAY:58
Careful management of contracts facturing, SEP:111 My top suggestions to avoid fraud,
saves $100K, JUN:72 FDA: Stop using Custom theft in your program, FEB:23
Financial errors common in outpa- Ultrasonics washer, MAY:63 Nonsurgeons encroach into your
tient surgery, SEP:107 Improve pain control, cut SSIs with territory, AUG:95
one product, DEC:142
Index Supplement to SAME-DAY SURGERY® / December 2007
New resource lists ASCs by district, HOPD payments to increase 3.8%, Education videos, games, food at
APR:51 DEC:140 patient’s fingertips, DEC:144
Online bonus book for SDS sub- Hoping for 70%+ of HOPD rate, Health care literacy gap is
scribers: “The 2007 Healthcare JAN:4 addressed, APR SDS Accreditation
Salary Survey & Career Guide,” How annual updates will be han- Update:3
MAR:39 dled, SEP:103 Here is how Emmikids works,
Patient’s death, updating policies, It’s a step in the right direction, but MAY:69
and other issues, AUG:97 new payment system falls short, Multimedia informed consent helps
Permanent isn’t forever — Tattoo leaders say, SEP:101 with peds, MAY:69
removals increase, DEC:141 It’s official: CMS changes H&P rule, Proposed conditions would take
Physicians own all or part of 95% of JAN:13 extra time, OCT:116
ASCs, MAR:39 Lenses to correct astigmatism
Renew relationships with those who allowed, APR:51 Patient Safety (Also see Accreditation,
left you, JUN:69 Medicare hospital, physician data Anesthesia, Infection Control, and Risk
Sample Building Maintenance posted, JAN:13 Management)
Program Policy, JUL SDS Proposed conditions would take Advisory issued on hazardous drug
Accreditation Update Suppl:Online extra time, OCT:116 exposure, JUL:85
Take these steps to choose best HR Revisions proposed for 3 conditions, Anesthesiologist passed hepatitis C
firm, JUL:84 OCT:118 to patients, AUG:89
Tie competency process to perfor- Surgical hospitals must treat emer- Collaborative model works in
mance appraisals, FEB:25 gency patients, JUN:75 Knoxville RRT initiative, JAN
Use your time to manage the pro- You must prepare now for new pay- Patient Safety Alert Suppl:1
gram, not the payroll, JUL:83 ment system, JUN:70 Cultural understanding yields
What annoys you? Readers patient safety dividends, OCT
respond, DEC:140 New Procedures and Programs (Also Patient Safety Alert Suppl:1
What keeps you up at night worry- see Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Disaster Specific Response
ing? SEP:106 Surgeons) Duties / Roles, Code Red: OCT
Would your surgeons retire if they My personal experience with spinal SDS Accreditation Update
could? JUL:87 surgery, JUL:82 Suppl:Online
You are invited — ASCs open doors Removing organs through the rec- Disaster Specific Response
to public, OCT:122 tum? JUN:74 Duti/R eolses , Evacuation of
Silicone implants approved for U.S., Center, OCT SDS Accreditation
Medicare FEB:27 Update Suppl:Online
2008 rates for some ASC procedures Silicone implants are back, but little Don’t wait for a patient fall in your
even lower than in Medicare pro- reason to fear, AUG:98 facility, FEB SDS Accreditation
posed rule, DEC:137 Spine procedures move to outpa- Update Suppl:1
AS officials praise quality reporting tient setting, JUL:80 Expand your mandated pre-proce-
initiative, FEB:19 Sutures used to treat acid reflux dis- dure timeout to enhance patient
Back pain procedure OK’d for extra ease, MAR:35 safety efforts in the OR, APR SDS
payment, JAN:15 Thyroidectomy safe for outpatient Accreditation Update Suppl:1
Bundling payments will challenge setting, MAY:62 Follow tips to avoid unplanned
hospitals, SEP:104 admissions, JUL:79
CMS clarifies ASC backup power Nurses (Also see Patient Education!/ Hospital adopts aviation-based
requirements, JUL SDS Consent) strategies to improve safety, JUL
Accreditation Update Suppl:2 Education videos, games, food at Patient Safety Alert:1
CMS posts 2007 list of ASC proce- patient's fingertips, DEC:144 Integrated community effort winds
dures, FEB:19 My personal experience with spinal Codman for FL hospital, APR
CMS Proposes Definition Changes, surgery, JUL:82 Patient Safety Alert Suppl:1
OCETE/ Tackle nursing shortage by attract- It’s official: CMS changes H&P rule,
CMS releases final details of 2008 ing, keeping senior nurses (SDS JAN:13
ASC payments, DEC:139 Salary Survey results), Joint Commission revises look-
CMS revises guidelines on informed NOV:Suppl 1 alike /sound-alike lists, JAN:15
consent, APR:47 Life-threatening situations can occur
CPT Codes Proposed for Removal Patient Education/Consent in your program, NOV:129
from Inpatient-Only List, SEP:105 CMS revises guidelines on informed Medication Reconciliation List, OCT
Cuts proposed for ASCs, hospitals, consent, APR:47 SDS Accreditation Update
APR:51 Don’t wait for a patient fall in your Suppl:Online
Going back to fundamentals will facility, FEB SDS Accreditation
help you be prepared, JUN:71 Update Suppl:1
December 2007 / Supplement to SAME-DAY SURGERY®
Medication safety tops list of sur- Quality Assurance/Quality Should you buy surgeons a
veyors’ focus, OCT SDS Improvement PlayStation 3? APR:50
Accreditation Update:1 AS officials praise quality reporting
Medication safety tops list of sur- initiative, FEB:19 Staffing/Staff Satisfaction
veyor’s focus, OCT SDS Quality reporting on the ASC side, Tackle nursing shortage by attracting,
Accreditation Update:1 JAN:4 keeping senior nurses (SDS Salary
Minnesota lists 24 outpatient Survey results), NOV: Suppl 1
adverse events, APR:50 Reimbursement (Also see Finances Take these steps to choose best HR
Outpatient surgery at risk for drug and Medicare) firm, JUL:84
errors, MAY:56 Gastroenterologists brace for poten-
Patient section not determined by tial 20% rate cut, FEB:22 Surgeons and Office-Based Surgery
1 factor, JAN:10 Insurance company ordered to pay (Also see New Procedures and
Plan to attend medical error audio for surgery, JUN:68 Programs)
conference, MAR:39 Connect to physician offices
|Medication] reconciliation form Regulatory (Also see Medicare) through Internet, MAR:32
should show stop, start dates, GAO report is out, FEB:17 Gastroenterologists brace for poten-
OCT SDS Accreditation Update:3 Silicone implants approved for U.S., tial 20% rate cut, FEB:22
Researchers say surgery centers are FEB:27 It’s official: CMS changes H&P rule,
“pushing the envelope,” JUL:77 JAN:13
Surgeons reluctant to trade suture Risk Management/Medical Errors Medicare hospital, physician data
sharps, NOV:131 (Also see Infection Control, Patient posted, JAN:13
Use data to push sharps safety in Education/Consent, and Patient Nonsurgeons encroach into your
the OR, NOV:132 Safety) territory, AUG:95
Wrong-site surgery is No. 1 among Children with recent colds linked to Physicians own all or part of 95% of
sentinel events, OCT:113 respiratory events, DEC:146 ASCs, MAR:39
Do you have to tell The Joint Should you buy surgeons a
Patient/Family Satisfaction/Public Commission? Requirements PlayStation 3? APR:50
Relations spelled out for patient deaths, Surgeons reluctant to trade suture
Education videos, games, food at NOV:128 sharps, NOV:131
patient’s fingertips, DEC:144 Even patients who seem healthy can Use data to push sharps safety in
Evaluate results of patient surveys die unexpectedly, NOV:125 the OR, NOV:132
carefully, APR SDS Accreditation Half of hospitals don’t bill for Would your surgeons retire if they
Update Suppl:3 “never” events, NOV:127 could? JUL:87
Health care literacy gap is addressed, Media and lawsuits put spotlight on
APR SDS Accreditation Update awareness in outpatient surgery, Surgical Hospitals
Suppl:4 JUN:65 Surgical hospitals must treat emer-
Music soothes the soul, reduces anx- Should you use a brain monitor? gency patients, JUN:75
iety in surgery, FEB:24 JUN:67
Silicone implants are back, but little Technology
Pediatrics reason to fear, AUG:98 Connect to physician offices
Children with recent colds linked to State Laws that Protect Words of through Internet, MAR:32
respiratory events, DEC:146 Sympathy, MAR:3 From fighter pilots to lap proce-
Here is how Emmikids works, Weigh waiving charges after an dures, APR:49
MAY:59 adverse event, MAR:32 Intranet keeps staff updated on
Is your staff prepared to monitor a When you have a serious adverse news, policies, APR:46
sedated child? FEB:21 event should you apologize,
More overw eight obese children waive charges? MAR:29
having outpatient surgery, Salary/Career
MAY:53 fackle nursing shortage by attracting,
Multimedia informed consent helps keeping senior nurses (SDS Salary
with peds, MAY:59 Survey results), NOV: Supp! 1
Parents give thumbs up to informed Would your surgeons retire if they
consent system, MAY:60 could? JUL:87
Reduce anxiety in children, parents
for better outcomes, JUN:73 Staff Education
Updated guidelines focus on moni- Don’t wait for a patient fall in your
toring pediatrics, FEB:19 facility, FEB SDS Accreditation
Update Suppl:1
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