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DEPARTMENTS
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Editor's Page
Addicted to Stress?
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
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Ideas That Work
• Waiting room etiquette
• No more expired supplies
• Credentialing made easy
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Staffing
Hire From Outside or Promote From Within?
Ann Geier, MS, RN, CNOR, CASC
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Coding & Billing
Beware the Auditors' Dirty Tricks
Karlene Dittrich, CBCS
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Business Advisor
A Few Things We Can Control
Stephen Earnhart
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Infection Prevention
Take Our Surface Disinfection Quiz
Ann Marie Pettis, RN, BSN, CIC
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Medical Malpractice
Malpractice Trends in the Ambulatory Arena
William Landess, CRNA, MS, JD
108 Anesthesia Alert
Are You Ready to Manage Diabetic Patients?
Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, FFARCSI
113 Thinking of Buying … Anesthesia Machines
New options bring electronic advances.
Bruce Weiner, CRNA, MS
119 Legal Update
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Hard Truth About the False Claims Act
Jennifer L. Weaver, JD
124 Product News
127 Cutting Remarks
What's on Your Playlist?
John D. Kelly IV, MD
130 Behind Closed Doors
My Back-to-Work Shopping List
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
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