“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.
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Protein Key to Preventing Age-Related Muscle Loss
Some muscle mass loss with aging is inevitable, but that doesn’t mean you have to end up with sarcopenia, a condition in which loss of muscle mass is associated with a decline in muscle function, according to Roger Fielding, Ph.D., director of the Nutrition, Exercise...
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Recipe: Meatloaf Made Healthy
A low-calorie twist on a cold-weather classic When it comes to home-cooked comfort food, meatloaf ranks among the all-stars. For me, it’s right up there with roasted chicken or baked spaghetti. Traditionally cooked as a way to use leftover meat scraps and stretch the...
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Financial Realities Drive Surgical Sponge, RSI Prevention Markets
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 Leads Health Care Jobs Growth
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 Smartsponge Flex
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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