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Everything You Missed Online Last Month
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n addition to the magazine you're holding, we here at Outpatient
Surgery are busy creating tons of exclusive online content every
week. There's the Tip of the Day, breaking news alerts, reader
polls, discussion boards, OR Excellence conference updates and more.
Here's some of what you may have missed last month.
Patient's iPhone
Recorded Doctor's Diatribe
An anesthesiologist who trash-talked
an unconscious colonoscopy patient
was slapped with a $500K
defamation verdict.
Wait until you listen!
First-Case, On-Time Starts
81% of readers say the surgeon's lack of readiness — not anesthesia,
the patient or the room — most often delays first-case starts.
Never Is Too Often
Inadequate communication is the root cause of most of the 500
wrong-site and 5,000 retained-object surgeries that occur every year.
Less Stress Is Best
Staff who exercise are less
likely to burn out.
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