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The Affordable Care Act will result in across-the-board Medicare reimbursement cuts of $260 billion over the next 10 years. Those cuts will lower revenue for hospitals.

It’s not uncommon for health care industry representatives, including device vendors, to be present in the operating room to help surgeons and nurses operate devices properly.

“We’re just now starting to realize that there’s often a disconnect in perceptions of teamwork and cooperation across the hierarchy of the OR.” Marty Makary.

Joyce McIntyre, the OR Coordinator for Potomac Valley hospital in Keyser, W.V., says that when The Joint Commission surveyed her facility last January…

On loan: The challenges associated with loaner instrumentation Loaner instrumentation is becoming more and more prevalent in health care facilities today. This is due to a number of different factors, including the need for facilities to increase efficiency and the...

Cover Story: Don’t stick it to me Reducing sharp injuries where they occur most Sharps safety has concerned nurses and surgeons for as long as needles and scalpels have existed. But the issue received broad—and some would say, long-overdue—attention a decade ago...