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NewsHospital costs 39% higher with OR delays
Delays in the operating room (OR) are not simply inconveniences for staff; they hurt hospitals' bottom line. Patients who had longer gap times (from the time of case booking to surgery start time) Read more...
Hybrid operating rooms call for big bucks
More hospitals are investing in high-tech operating rooms (OR) to improve patient care. Called hybrid rooms, the trendy operating rooms combine equipment for the traditional open-heart procedure with Read more...
OR team collaboration improves quality
Hospital operating room (OR) teams can cut costs and improve quality by examining problems from every possible perspective, according to a report in the AORN Journal. The OR team--made of up Read more...
Going green could cut hospital costs
Despite assumptions to the contrary, reducing your operating rooms' carbon footprint doesn't have to cost your facility more. In an article in the February issue of the Archives of Surgery, a Johns Read more...
Hospitals look to auto racing to improve safety
What do auto-racing pit crews and medical workers have in common? Apparently a lot more than you'd think, given that hospitals throughout the U.S. and all over the world are looking to Formula One Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Patient's death by flash fire puts spotlight on fire precautions
With the recent death of a patient in an Illinois operating room from a flash fire, surgical teams are taking a look back at guidelines designed to prevent such horrific accidents from happening. As Read more...
Hospitals cutting back on transfusions
With blood costs high, and concerns over blood safety growing, hospitals are developing tougher rules for when it's appropriate to provide transfusions. They're also riding herd on doctors to make Read more...
| Press ReleasesHoag Unveils New Model for Cardiac CareOpens “Hybrid” Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute among select hospitals to use Edwards Lifesciences new heart valveNamed after Newport Beach couple who donated $2 Read more >> Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated at Lucile Packard Children’s HospitalPALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Formerly conjoined twins Angelica and Angelina Sabuco have been successfully separated, physicians at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital announced late this Read more >> SpecialtyCare Continues Neuromonitoring Expansion—Surgical Monitoring Associates, Inc. Joins SpecialtyCare— NASHVILLE, Tenn. & PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SpecialtyCare, the Nashville-based leading provider of clinical services to surgeons Read more >> Memorial University Medical Center Chooses Radio Frequency Detection Technology to Enhance Operating Room SafetyRF Assure System Helps Eliminate the Risk of Retained Surgical Items BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Memorial University Medical Center, an academic medical center serving southeast Georgia and Read more >> Toshiba’s Ultrasound Systems Enhance Diagnostic Confidence and Workflow in Today’s Healthcare EnvironmentToshiba to Showcase Suite of Premium Performance and Ergonomically Friendly Ultrasound Units at SDMS Annual Meeting ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ultrasound is often used as a first-line exam to quickly Read more >> |
