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Raise Patient Care and Lower Hospital Costs by Reducing Surgical Errors

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While they may not make the headlines often, surgical errors are a serious and widespread issue that hospitals face on a daily basis. According to a 2014 analysis performed by the Patient Safety in Surgery Journal, between 46% and 65% of complications in hospitals occur during surgery.

So apart from hospital-acquired infections (or surgical-site infections), which already take a heavy toll on patient health annually, surgical errors also constitute a serious issue for all involved. Read on to find out more about various types of errors that occur during surgery and how hospitals can address these effectively.

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Staying Competitive: Staying Alive

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Any plastic surgeon knows that their field is one of the most competitive practices in the medical discipline. In a typical year, hundreds of aspiring surgeons compete for residency positions that can accommodate fewer than half of them.

Once someone has joined the prestigious ranks of plastic surgeons, where they choose to practice is no less competitive. The most desirable markets will attract the world’s best and brightest doctors, and for plastic surgeons, the most attractive city in which to practice is Dubai. According to CNN, the Emirate is “the world’s plastic surgery hub.”

The highly competitive plastic surgery environment in Dubai requires innovative approaches to attracting new patients. In order to stay on top of everybody else, plastic surgeons will have to implement innovative healthcare solutions and take advantage of new technologies. Take a look at 4 ways to compete with the rest by staying competitive

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Why Good Communication in the Operating Room is Important

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n the operating theater, tools will generally perform the way they’re supposed to, but there can be complications stemming from factors in between. A scalpel will reliably cut, but a problem can arise from improper sterilization. Similarly, medical professionals carry out their jobs with the utmost precision, but one of the biggest pitfalls is in the space between them—communication.

An exhaustively researched, peer-reviewed study by the British Medical Journal found that lack of communication was the primary factor contributing to complications from surgery. The study laid out how better communication at every stage of the surgical process was crucial for improving not only patient safety, but the working process for hospital staff.

Good communication in the operating room is important, and can be achieved with both improved technology and the implementation of best practices. Here are ways to prevent communications failure in the operating room, for the sake of patients and staff.

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The Challenges and Solutions to Effectively Shortening Anesthesia Time

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Despite the great advances of modern medicine, various challenges still exist that make operations risky for patients. From surgical-site infections to long anesthesia time, problems remain that can cut down on the quality of patient care and cause losses to hospitals. Finances, human capital and hospital efficiency are all at stake.

The hope is for solutions that offer quick and significant, yet safe, advancements that improve healthcare quality. What are the challenges to reducing anesthesia time and what possible solutions are there for anesthetists and surgeons?

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Hospital managers, are you losing your best surgeons?

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Physician retention is one of the greatest challenges of every hospital. Globally, doctor turnover is high in numbers with up to 25% of physicians quitting their job within three years of being hired. Additionally, the price of having to recruit new and capable doctors and especially specialized ones, such as surgeons, is also high. It ranges between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single doctor.

Retaining them, on the other hand, has been shown to generate profits for hospitals that are in the millions. Not to speak of the benefits for a hospital’s culture and environment to have motivated and professional employees. Given these numbers and the financial and overall damage that hospitals sustain when physicians leave, what can hospital management do to retain doctors?

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Burnout, The Greatest Threat to Surgeons’ Quality of Life

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Burnout has probably always been a part of doctors’ lives, and that’s still true today. A calm and collected life for physicians, with reduced stress and anxiety, is the exception rather than the rule. Some doctors, such as surgeons, are even more challenged than others. The numbers that paint this picture of crisis are staggering.…

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Three Ways to Reduce and Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections

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We’ve come a long way in reducing the cases of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) but they haven’t quite become a thing of the past yet. Over the course of the last few years countries in Western Europe, such as the UK and Germany, have noted some significant declines of various hospital-acquired infections… Yet, according to the…

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