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2013
FEATURES
OR Excellence Award Winners
Awards
46 COVER STORY
Is Surgery Ready for Price Transparency?
The doctors who run the Surgery Center of
Oklahoma — and winners of this year's financial
management award — are out to expose much more
than their own prices.
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
64 Patient Safety
If malignant hyperthermia ever strikes, the team at
Cityview Surgery Center in Fort Worth, Texas, is
ready.
70 Infection Control
The OR and central sterile staffs at the Callahan Eye
Hospital Health Care Authority in Birmingham, Ala.,
work together to make real change happen.
77 Staff and Patient Satisfaction
The Surgi-Center of Central Virginia
in Fredericksburg keeps them engaged.
84 Pain Management
Pre-op analgesia makes the difference at the Texas
Health Women's Specialty Surgery Center in Dallas.
Anesthesiologist Keith Smith, MD, is pushing for transparency
in health care by posting all-inclusive prices for surgery online.
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11 GI Efficiency-Boosters
You Can Implement Today
Sensible solutions to help your endo suites
run as safely and as profitably as possible.
Outpatient Surgery Editors
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A review of the milestones that have
helped advance the quality of the images
laparoscopic surgeons work with.
Proudly serving surgical facility leaders in
hospitals, ASCs and offices for 14 years.
September 2013 | Vol. XIV, No. 9
outpatientsurgery.net
Here's to Better Laparoscopic Views
Gerald Fried, MD
107
What's New in Trocar Technology
The latest innovations in laparoscopic access that
improve surgical safety, efficiency and economy.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
116
What Surgeons Want
When Cutting & Sealing
Choosing the right instrument boils down
to performance, reliability and safety.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
121
How Mesh Manages Better Outcomes
A once-overlooked supply's innovations
are part of the solution.
Guy Voeller, MD, FACS
136
Get the Most Out of Your Time Out
Construct time outs so that your
surgeons and staff are engaged.
John R. Clarke, MD
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