Becker's ASC

Study: Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale Effectively Assesses Patient Recovery

Researchers have developed and validated a system that could improve post-operative care by measuring patient recovery from surgery with general anesthesia, according to the study abstract published ...

Doctor Fined After Patient Dies When He Left Work Without Post-Operative Care Following Cervical Disc Surgery

A doctor who was put on trial for failing to properly perform post-operative care, such as removing a hematoma, after ...
Becker's ASC

Patient Safety Tool: Ambulatory Surgery Pre- & Post-Operative Checklists

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists. While the two, one-page ...
Nursing Times

Using animation to improve patient information in a pre-operative setting

Patients are commonly given written information, for example in the form of leaflets; however, they often do not retain it and poor literacy is a barrier for many. To address this, working in ...
Business Wire

Patient Safety Panel to Discuss Solutions to Eliminating Preventable Post-Operative Delirium

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Developing post-operative delirium could put you at higher risk for a longer hospital stay and even death. The latest techniques to prevent postoperative delirium will ...
Business Wire

IntraOp and Vanderbilt University Medical Center Announce First Patient Treated for Pancreatic Cancer Using Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy With Electrons

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IntraOp Medical Corporation announced today that doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) treated a pancreatic cancer patient using IntraOp ® Mobetron ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Study: Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale Effectively Assesses Patient Recovery

Researchers have developed and validated a system that could improve post-operative care by measuring patient recovery from surgery with general anesthesia, according to the study abstract published ...