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Data suggests that a surgical item is retained in as many as one in every 1,500 chest or abdominal surgical procedures. It’s well known that retained surgical items (RSIs) lead to inefficiency, increased costs and adverse effects for the patient. According to CMS...
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Ambulatory health care services led health care jobs creation in October, accounting for more than 80 percent of new health care jobs. Employers in the ambulatory sector added 25,000 of 31,000 total health care jobs created by U.S. employers that month, according to a...
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ClearCount’s latest RFID system provides closed-loop reconciliation of the sponge count. With SmartSponge Flex, equip- ment and RFID tags are validated before use in each case, and sponges are individually tracked from the initial check-in through the out count, where...
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After five years, the CABG group had a lower combined rate of strokes, heart attacks and deaths (18.7 percent) than the PCI group (26.6 percent). Adults with diabetes and multivessel coronary heart disease who underwent cardiac bypass surgery had better overall...
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Cleveland Clinic released its list of Top 10 Medical Innovations that will have a major impact on improving patient care within the next year. The list is made up of devices, including a handheld optical scan for melanoma; drugs; diagnostic tests, such as 3D...
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