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Hospital Readmission: a false marker of surgical quality?

SurgicalPerformance

In Australia, rates of unplanned readmission within 28 days of hospital discharge are considered to be an indicator of healthcare quality and safety.

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The Essential Role of Hospital Surgical Support in Modern Healthcare

SpecialtyCare

Table of Contents What Is Hospital Surgical Support? From sterile processing and perfusion services to intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) and surgical assistants, hospital surgical support teams are the unsung heroes behind every successful operation. What Is Hospital Surgical Support? What Is Hospital Surgical Support?

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The Benefits of Improved Hospital and Clinic Workflows | Viewpoint

LiveData

Hospitals have the opportunity to optimize surgical scheduling and empower surgeons with a balanced workflow to help them use their block time more efficiently. In turn, improved scheduling workflows solve workload bottlenecks in a way that can advance safety, accuracy, and time efficiency for surgeons, nurses, schedulers, and patients.

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Mental health matters for staff safety in new hospital program

Penn Medicine

Patients receive compassionate care, and staff feel safer, with the help of a new Behavioral Response Team for urgent needs at Chester County Hospital.

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Neurosurgery: Critical Resident Education in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Neurosurgery

There is nothing more important to a neurosurgeon than patient safety. For decades, medicine and neurosurgery addressed quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) but not in a focused, scientific way. Early work with CLER led to another program, the Program Directors Patient safety and Quality improvement (PDPQ) program.

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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.

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Why a Surgeon’s Surgical Assistant is Essential in the OR

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

Surgical assistants, RNFAs (Registered Nurse First Assistants), and PAs (Physician Assistants) are critical team members who directly impact the efficiency and safety of every procedure. Enhanced Patient Safety A surgical assistant’s responsibilities go beyond handing over instruments. Here’s why.