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Shopping for Surgery
How to make the self-pay model
work for you and your patients.
Jerry Hadlock, CRNA
46 Airway Management
For Tiny Customers
Pediatric patients can present
a unique set of challenges.
Ronald S. Litman, DO
56 15 Questions on Patient Warming
Can you ace our pop quiz
on preventing hypothermia?
Carrie L. Frederick, MD
69 The Long and Short of Hair Removal
Find out how you measure up against
industry standards and your colleagues.
Kendal Gapinski | Associate Editor
74 What's New in
Minimally Invasive Surgery?
It's all about improved visualization and less
trauma at this year's SAGES Annual Meeting.
Aurora Pryor, MD, and Michael Holzman, MD
88 4 Secrets of Smooth IV Starts
An infusion nurse's practical advice for sidestepping
common obstacles to first-stick success.
Alice Cennamo, RN, CRNI, CPI, VA-BC
96 The Case for Outsourcing Laser Cataracts
Not sure if ophthalmology's hottest technology
is right for your facility? Take it for a test drive.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
104 Winning the Pain Game
No single drug is capable of targeting all types
of pain, so a multimodal approach is vital.
Jaime L. Baratta, MD
112 Best Practices for
Reprocessing Lumened Instruments
Don't let these tricky instruments
slip by without a thorough cleaning.
Donna Swenson, BS, CRCST, CHL, ACE
122 Is It Worth More to
See More in GI Endoscopy?
3 questions to ask before investing in
colonoscopy's latest visualization innovations.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
130 Success With Spine
Specialists talk about what it takes to flourish in a
specialized service line.
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
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Outpatient Surgery
June
2015
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Magazine
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Shopping
How to make the self-pay model
work for you and your patients.
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Surgery
For
Airway
Management
For
Tiny Tots
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Our
Report
From the
SAGES
Exhibit
Hall
P. 38
Reprocessing
Lumened
Instruments
P. 60
Find
Your Next
OR Table
P. 76
On the Cover
Price transparency is coming to surgery. St. George
Surgical Center in rural Utah is posting all-inclusive prices
for procedures online with the hope of attracting the self-
paying crowd who like to comparison-shop.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson
Ronald
S.
Litman,
DO
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