As technological advancements make more procedures appropriate for the outpatient setting, surgery centers are looking to add more complex procedures than they have performed in the past. Lori Vernon, ...

Crushed, fractured or amputated limbs, electric shock, explosions and heat/chemical burns—these are just some of the dangers workers face when stored energy is unexpectedly or accidentally released.

Before a practitioner starts using a new technology or offering a new process or procedure, hospitals need to perform a rigorous evaluation for privileging purposes, according to a whitepaper by The ...

Physicians often have unrealistic expectations for successful outcomes of multistep medical procedures, according to a survey conducted by Scott Aberegg, M.D., a University of Utah Health critical ...

If you have ever pulled your car into a garage for an oil change, the first thing the technician asks you to do is take your keys out of the ignition and put them on the dashboard. It isn’t enough to ...

Business owners around the world struggle with each of these scenarios. In fact, I recently interviewed a business owner who lived in terror that a key employee might ...

Meghan McMurtry has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Public Health Agency of Canada for research related to needle pain and fear as well as laboratory ...