Stony Brook University Hospital coordinated efforts with its emergency department and ambulatory ...

March 7th, 2017
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Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

September 16th, 2016
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Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

August 29th, 2014
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Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

July 22nd, 2013
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Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

June 26th, 2013
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Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

November 20th, 2012
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As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

June 1st, 2012
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A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

June 1st, 2012
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Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

February 27th, 2012
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Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital wit...

November 16th, 2011
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Reducing postoperative complications could reduce costs associated with readmissions by millions ...

November 8th, 2011
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Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements ...

November 1st, 2011
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Health care professionals and patients all agree that wrong site surgery is a serious and prevent...

June 29th, 2011
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The ProblemMajor abdominal surgery, such as elective colon surgery or major hernia repair, is hig...

August 1st, 2009
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