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How to maintain a woman’s BMI

Surgical Techie

Maintaining a healthy body mass index (BMI) is essential for overall health and well-being in females. BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and weight. A healthy BMI for females is typically between 18.5 and 24.9. Here are some tips on how to maintain a healthy BMI in females. Eat a Balanced […] The post How to maintain a woman’s BMI appeared first on Surgicaltechie.com.

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Hospitals Need Better Surgical Workflows

LiveData

In today's rapidly shifting healthcare environment, hospitals need to embrace new, optimized scheduling workflows that help surgeons use their block time more efficiently and uncover hidden opportunities not visible to their schedulers. Based on real-time access to the hospital’s surgical scheduling system, these improved workflows carry huge benefits for hospitals, surgeons, nurses, schedulers, and patients.

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How Implementing the 3-Business Day Rule Improves Your Elective Surgery Process

Surgical Directions

PROBLEM Last-minute elective patient preparation adversely affects patient satisfaction, quality, efficiency, and productivity of procedural services, and results in significant revenue loss.

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MY ANESTHESIOLOGIST ADMINISTERED FENTANYL TO ME. IS THAT OK?

The Anesthesia Consultant

America is in the midst of a fentanyl crisis. There were 71,238 fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States in 2021. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) states, “fentanyl is involved in more deaths of Americans under 50 than any cause of death, including heart disease, cancer, homicide, suicide and other accidents.” Despite this, during surgery your anesthesiologist injected fentanyl into your IV as part of your anesthetic.

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PANA Members Pack the Halls of Capitol in D.C.

PANA

The AANA Mid-Year Assembly is nurse anesthetists’ largest advocacy event of the year, and this year the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA) sent a small army to the nation’s capital to inform federal lawmakers and advocate for our shared profession. PANA had 76 registrants for the annual event in Washington, D.C. Over the course of the assembly, which ran April 29 to May 3, Pennsylvania-based certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and students (SRNAs), advocating in gr

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Surgeon Education and Mentorship

NexGen Surgical

Many surgeons want to extend their careers as they near retirement age, often by cutting back on their work hours. A reduced schedule allows them time to engage in other activities like continuing education, which helps them learn about new techniques in their field. NexGen Surgical offers surgeons a unique opportunity to continue their education […] The post Surgeon Education and Mentorship appeared first on NexGen Surgical.

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Surgical Access Expert Shares Insights on Increasing Profitability by Improving Surgeon Access

Surgical Directions

CHICAGO, MARCH 27, 2023 / PR NEWSWIRE / Following the surgical volume declines of COVID-19, most hospitals implemented aggressive strategies for rebuilding elective surgery revenue. But, according to Brian Watha, a national expert in surgical access and a consultant with Surgical Directions for more than 10 years, many of these efforts have reduced operating room (OR) profitability, exacerbated staffing problems and strained key surgeon relationships.