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Sentri7 Helps Hospitals Meet Joint Commission’s Safety Goal 7
Bellevue, Wash. -- The Joint Commission recently announced its 2009 National Patient Safety Goals. Goal 7, which requires hospitals to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), has been expanded. Sentri7 by Pharmacy OneSource can help hospitals in meeting these new elements of performance. “As The Joint Commission evolves its focus of areas of patient safety improvement so do our ...(More)
6/20/2008
National Conference Explores Nursing Retention Solutions
More than 170 leaders from state nursing workforce centers throughout the nation attended a conference on June 11 and 12 in Denver to discuss nursing workforce retention issues and the potential critical shortage of a skilled nursing workforce by the year 2010.In a keynote address to attendees, Benjamin Isgur, assistant director of PricewaterhouseCooper’s Health and Research Institute, shared data that ...(More)
6/19/2008
Ultrasonic Instruments Improve Outcomes for Some Surgical Procedures
Using ultrasonic surgical instruments is associated with more favorable outcomes when compared with conventional instruments for some procedures, according to a meta-analysis of 51 previously published studies in the June issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Ultrasonic surgical equipment uses vibrations at a frequency of 55,500 hertz to help make incisions into skin and other tissues and ...(More)
6/19/2008
Joint Commission Announces 2009 National Patient Safety Goals
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – The Joint Commission announced the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care Certification Program. The National Patient Safety Goals promote specific improvements in patient safety by providing healthcare organizations with proven solutions to persistent patient safety problems. These goals apply to the more than 15,000 ...(More)
6/17/2008
Tygris Commercial Finance Group Completes Acquisition of MarCap
NEW YORK – Tygris Commercial Finance Group, Inc., a recently formed commercial finance company, announced the completion of the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and business of MarCap LLC, a middle market healthcare equipment finance company headquartered in Chicago. MarCap joins Tygris Asset Finance, Inc., Tygris’ middle market equipment leasing and asset finance business led by Laird Boulden, ...(More)
6/17/2008
Engineers Develop Novel Device to Treat Ear Infections
One of the most common surgeries performed on pediatric patients could become faster and safer thanks to a new surgical tool developed by a team of University of Virginia engineers.Led by Shayn Peirce-Cottler, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at U.Va.'s School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Bradley Kesser, an ENT surgeon at the U.Va. Health System, U.Va. undergraduate ...(More)
6/16/2008
Joint Commission Appoints Ann Scott Blouin as Executive Vice President
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – The Joint Commission announced the appointment of healthcare and nursing leader Ann Scott Blouin, PhD, RN, as executive vice president for the division of accreditation and certification operations, effective Aug. 11, 2008.Chosen as the result of an extensive national search, Blouin will take responsibility of The Joint Commission’s accreditation and certification programs for more than 15,000 ...(More)
6/16/2008
Same-Day Pregnancy Test for Pre-Surgery Patients
The first trimester of any pregnancy is a precarious time, as about 15 percent of women who know they are pregnant will spontaneously miscarry. This risk increases when pregnant women undergo surgery, which is why Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) instituted a same-day pregnancy testing protocol. A study published in the April issue of Anesthesia and Analgesia shows that this ...(More)
6/16/2008
Working Overtime Linked to Anxiety and Depression
Employees who work overtime are at increased risk of anxiety and depression, suggests a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).Elisabeth Kleppa and colleagues of the University of Bergen, Norway, analyzed data on work hours from a larger study of Norwegian men and women. ...(More)
6/16/2008
Orthopedic Center Gets Non-Recourse Permanent Financing
Dallas, Texas — MedCapital Group announces $6,000,000 in permanent financing at 6.20 percent fixed, for a 10 year term with a 25 year amortization schedule. The facility is a 24,400-square-foot, recently constructed, Class A, two-story, medical office building located in the Las Vegas area. "Our client’s goal of non-recourse financing was aggressive, especially in light of the turbulent credit markets. ...(More)
6/12/2008
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