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Outpatient Surgery
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Magazine
www outpatientsurgery.net
May 2016
Smart, simple ideas that could save your
facility $50,000 to $100,000 a year. p. 26
Cool New Toys for
Your Orthopods
p. 50
The Evolving
Business of Cataract
Outsourcing
p. 68
In Search
of the Perfect
Hernia Repair
p. 73
Before You
Complain, Count
Your Blessings
p. 86
Creative Ways to
Save Money
in the OR
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On the Cover
Have you trimmed enough fat to
turn your facility into a lean,
mean, operating machine? Think
there's no other way to control
costs? Think again.
Anesthesiologist Thomas Durick,
MD, the medical director of the
Bay Surgery Center in Oakland,
Calif., proves you can find tens of
thousands of dollars simply by
looking in places you might never
have considered.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson
Photo by Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN
10 Editor's Page
The Dirty Secret to Recycling in the OR
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
14 In Case You Missed It …
Check out the hottest news and most-read
stories from outpatientsurgery.net.
16 Ideas That Work
• DIY stereo sound
• Label everything on your crash cart
• The big book of physician preferences
26 Legal Update
Mini Surgical Construction Boom Ahead?
John F. Williams III, JD
31 Staffing
How to Run a Thorough Background Check
Raleigh F. "Sandy" Seay Jr., PhD
36 Medical Malpractice
In an Adverse Event, Honesty Is the Best Policy
Frank Jones
40 Coding & Billing
ICD-10-CM External Cause Codes Say It All
Robert Lathrop, CPC, CASCC
128 Thinking of Buying …
A Spine Surgery Table
What surgeons want,
plus a roundup of 7 leading spinal tables.
Nitin Khanna, MD, FAAOS
139 Anesthesia Alert
Pectoral Nerves Blocks for Breast Surgery
Mike MacKinnon, CRNA
143 Product News
149 Cutting Remarks
Before You Complain, Count Your Blessings
John D. Kelly IV, MD
152 Behind Closed Doors
You Know What They Say …
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
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